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95,200 Pieces Of Chewed Gum Make Up The World’s Largest And Grossest Gumball

4:30PM January 26, 2012 | Casey Chan

That gigantic yellow stained ball of goopness? It’s made from 95,200 piece of chewed Nicorette gum. It’s the love creation of Barry Chappell, who started rolling his chewed gum into a ball back in 2006. Six years later, it’s now 62 inches in circumference and weighs 175 pounds of rubber, saliva and nastiness. People are crazy. More »


Science

Study: Nicotine Is Good For You

9:45AM January 11, 2012 | Kristen Philipkoski

Nicotine patches significantly improved attention and memory in older people suffering from mild cognitive impairment, which often leads to Alzheimer’s, according to a new study. More »


Science

Could Schizophrenia Be Treated With Nicotine?

6:20AM August 31, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Smoking is bad for you blah blah we know. But you couldn’t really tell that to the 80 per cent of American schizophrenic patients who smoke. The jury is still out on why that number’s so high, but could some form of treatment come out of this? More »


Science

Magical Anti-Smoking Vaccine Sounds Awesome, Doesn’t Exist

11:12PM July 19, 2011 | Casey Chan

NixVAX was supposed to be this magical vaccine that helped smokers kick the habit. Awesome, right? Yeah! Too bad it doesn’t work. In testing NicVAX, researchers found that it performed no different than a placebo. As in, it did nothing. More »


Gadgets

FDA Deems E-Cigs As Bad As The Real Thing

11:45AM July 23, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Put down that e-cigar, Mark! The FDA has ruled that electronic cigarettes, cigars, and similar devices contain known carcinogens and slammed them for being marketed to younger age groups. More »


USB Cigar Puts Your Laptop One Martini Away From Benderhood

11:40PM July 1, 2009 | Mark Wilson

We appreciate a good electronic cigar, but we never imagined that we could roll our own with USB storage. More »


Gadgets

Electronic Cigar: Marlboro Man Enters the Digital Era

7:40AM January 10, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Electronic cigarettes are OK. But when you need to tell the world that your tobacco habit is tops, you need an electronic cigar.

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“Snack-Size” Cigarettes Offer Super-Size Nicotine

5:00AM February 4, 2008 | Mark Wilson

In an era when smokers are subjected to the hostile smoking environment of…fresh air…our friends at Philip Morris are ready to accommodate those looking to expedite the process stepping outside. They’ve packed the same amount of nicotine goodness into a smaller package—think of it as the iPod Nano of the lifespan cigarette world.

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