America’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is required by law to create new, stronger graphical image and text warnings for all tobacco product packaging.

Check out this BridgeURL, which affords on-the-fly web page creation and lists URLs either on a single page or as a slideshow. Below is a Scribd-embedded PDF slideshow of the proposed graphical text and image warnings.

Click here to register your comment to the FDA: look on the page for Public Comment.

FDA Proposed Harshly Graphic Text and Image Warnings Tobacco

UPDATE, July 2011

In January of 2011, the FDA, acting as agent of the health of the American people, chose 10 harsh graphical warnings to motivate people to stop using tobacco, in one of the USA’s most extensive and rapid harm reduction public health campaigns.

Here are the nine images chosen for use on tobacco product packaging, beginning September 2011.

Covering health and wellness matters from the use of tai chi in fibromyalgia to phytonutrients that fight oxidative stress, here are several articles for enhancing one’s health, wellness, and quality of life.
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Tai Chi Reported to Ease Fibromyalgia: 50% of observed research participants showed substantial improvement with no adverse effects and recommendation is to study the use of tai chi in larger groups of people with fibro and to study its use in chronic pain conditions

Omega-3 Shows Benefits Against Oxidative Stress: generates reduction in cardiovascular disease and promotes optimal heart function

Vitamin D May Protect Against Crohn’s Disease: important news for those with Crohn’s disease and for siblings who do not have it; previous resource regarding Vitamin D deficiency and the use of sunshine is here

Capsaicin Weight-loss Mechanism Suggested: capsaicin is the active compound in hot peppers that produces the chemical changes associated with heat and this compound appears to reduce caloric absorption in the gut, reduces fat tissue, cranks up the metabolism and burns calories more efficiently, and lowers lipid levels, generating weight loss

Sense of Touch Affects Our World View: Study Shows Link Between Sense of Touch and the Decisions People Make