Tag: Smoking - Page 2
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Recycled Cigarette Butts Clothing. No kidding!
Chilean designer Alexandra Guerrero has been experimenting with what just may be the last thing anyone would think of as clothing material: cigarette butts. At first thought, that may sound over the top, or like
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The Smoke-Free, Nicotine-Free and Now Organic Swedish Snuff
"Snus" or snuff is popular in Sweden and Norway. It's considered perfectly polite and socially acceptable to insert a small snuff packet in between lip and gum while you are sitting at a dinner table with friends or waiting in line for the tram.
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Green Smokers: Never Litter But Still Chuck Butts?
Photo: Dmodzelewski via FlickrLet's confess: Sometimes, say a pack a week, I smoke. And when I've finished the dirty deed -- well aware of the health and environmental consequences -- I'm left with my hands full. Between my fingers is the smelly,
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DIY Solar Car Shade Oven, Emeril's Fudgy Brownies and Why to Kick Your Cigarette Habit
:: Prepare a frozen pizza in a DIY solar car shade oven.
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Home Detox Improves "Real Age"
Here's a fun, little game: Wanna find out what your years of late-night clubbing and social-smoking have done to your health? Yikes, on second thought... Well, the RealAge.com will take you through a series of questions on
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Beijing Tries a Smoking Ban
In their ongoing attempt to clear the air before the Olympics, Beijing officials have turned their sights to the country's most common kind of smokestack: the cigarette. Today, they instituted a city-wide ban that aims to cut it out in public places.
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Stop Using This Product
Most products we encounter are designed to make us want to use them, to influence our behavior in a way that involves using it more. These aren't all bad -- things like fuel economy feedback are great positive behavior influencers -- but it's not often
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The World's Most Eco-Friendly Ashtray
Well that's what they told us. We can, of course, get in a big discussion about how smoking down a fag is a big no-no in oh so many ways (health, the environment, dear TreeHugger!), but we assume you already know this. The portable Boodi Eco Ashtray is
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Carbon Health Warnings on New British Cars
According to the Times, "all advertising for new cars will have to carry cigarette-style "health warnings" about their environmental impact, under a European plan to force manufacturers to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Advertisements in newspapers
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Some Laser Printers as Bad as Secondhand Smoke
Such were the findings from research recently undertaking at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. The researchers went to a six-storey office building in the states capital, Brisbane, planning to test its ventilation system. In the
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Smoking: Environmental and Social Impacts
In the past we have talked about the litter problem resulting from cigarette smoking. We tendered some solutions: biodegradable filters and butt boxes, as well as a suggestion for responsible disposable messages on cigarette packaging. But really these
