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Researcher uncovers alarming reason contributing to soaring cancer rates: 'There is no more taboo'
04 Jan 2026 08:10 GMT
Cancer rates are increasing worldwide.
by Tina DeinesJanuary 4, 2026
Cigarettes, combined with air pollution and agricultural chemicals, have led to a concerning spike in cancer in Lebanon, according to one researcher.
What's happening?
Ali Mokdad led …
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Wildfire smoke is a national crisis, and it’s worse than you think
02 Jan 2026 11:21 GMT
… than previously known, as smoke travels hundreds or even … growing threat of wildfire smoke, like better monitoring air … more sources of ignition: cigarette butts, electrical equipment producing … on asthma is so alarming. Researchers compared the extremely …
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JFB Encourages Householders to Install Smoke Detectors
12 Dec 2025 20:37 GMT
… encouraging householders to install smoke detectors to minimise fire-related … kitchen, should have a smoke detector,” said Public Education Officer … a simple battery-operated smoke detector for their space.
“ … “The whiff of smoke from a cigarette will get it …
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Vaping isn’t safer than smoking: ICMR study links e-cigarettes to higher heart attack risk
22 Dec 2025 21:03 GMT
… users. Alarmingly, even those who switched from conventional cigarettes to … While e-cigarettes produce vapour instead of smoke, they still … smoke or tar does not make vaping harmless, as e-cigarettes … who switch from cigarettes to e-cigarettes. Stroke risk, in …
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Fire at high-rise apartment near downtown linked to cigarette, SAFD says
22 Dec 2025 11:15 GMT
… have been caused by a cigarette on a coffee table, according … smoke coming from the ninth floor of the complex. A second alarm … a coffee table near the cigarette, according to SAFD.
The fire … and the damage was mostly smoke-related.
No injuries were reported …
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Fort Collins Fire: Heavy Smoke, Strong Winds Complicate Multi-Alarm Wildfire As Poudre Fire Authority Responds Near Laporte Avenue
18 Dec 2025 20:17 GMT
The Fort Collins high winds fire risk has been elevated all week, with forecasters warning that low humidity and dried grasses would allow any ignition to spread rapidly. On Thursday, those fears materialized as gusty winds fanned the Fort Collins …
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New study uncovers alarming trend among US middle and high schoolers: 'We're concerned'
14 Dec 2025 05:46 GMT
It has been tied to numerous dangerous health outcomes.
by Tina DeinesDecember 14, 2025
A national study has warned of growing nicotine addiction in young people who vape.
What's happening?
U.S. News and World Report summarized the research, which …
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Louisiana Fire Officials Plead for Smoke Alarm Use, Fatal Blaze
10 Dec 2025 14:28 GMT
… home without a working smoke detector.
What Fire Investigators … it's cigars, cigarettes, or any other smoking … of smoking materials, including cigarettes, cigars, and other smoking … Smoke Alarms in Louisiana
For anyone who does not have a smoke detector …
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K-12 Turns to Vape Detectors to Extinguish a Persistent Problem in Schools
10 Dec 2025 19:55 GMT
… , MCS installed Halo vape detectors in all district high school … airborne particulates unique to vape smoke and trigger an immediate … risk that those sharing e-cigarettes may expose students to … every bathroom for the vape detectors,” explains Adams. “We are …
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Firefighters race to Coventry shop as smoke spotted
10 Dec 2025 14:36 GMT
… to report smoke billowing from a Coventry shop. The alarm was … raised when smoke was seen coming from … - instead it was smoke from a 'smoke cloak', … shop. An undisclosed amount of cigarettes and money were stolen. READ …