Cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart disease in both men and women. Tobacco use is a growing threat to global public health. Women continue to take up smoking in record numbers and the incidence of environmental tobacco smoke (or second hand smoke), is also a public threat. For women, smoking is the most important risk factor, especially women who are taking a contraceptive pill or on estrogen replacement therapy, which raises their risk of heart attack and stroke exponentially.

The use of tobacco products is absolutely prohibited in all campus buildings, campus vehicles, sidewalks, parking lots (with exception for smoking in personal vehicle), driveways and entrances to campus buildings. This includes the use of smokeless tobacco.

Patients, visitors, faculty, staff, volunteers, physicians, students, contract/other employees, contractors and service representatives. In fact, it applies to anyone who comes to campus.

We expect visitors to the campus to comply with campus policy. You may inform a visitor of the policy and its importance to the campus. Reports of violations by visitors may be made to the Office of the Dean of Students.

On all trips we are guests in other people homes and many times examples as Orthodox Christians and Americans. Respectfully we ask that Real Break Participants refrain from ALL forms of tobacco usage. If, because of habitual use you feel you may be unable to retreat from usage for a week, please inform your trip leader and we will attempt to make arrangements to allow you to use your product. We also ask that all participants refrain from buying tobacco products when shopping.

We deliver tobacco but we do not deliver alcohol at the present time. Students that purchase tobacco products from us must show a valid license upon delivery.

A deficiency of vitamin B12, either alone or along with the deficiency of folate or vitamin B6, may increase blood homocysteine levels. Homocysteine is an amino acid which is formed during trans-sulfuration pathway when a sulfur atom is trasferred from methionine to form cysteine. It is normally found in blood. The elevated blood level of homocysteine may act as an independent risk factor for heart disease and stroke.

Negative ions can adjust autonomic nerves, promote the current flow of blood to conduct normally, and maintain or recover normal heart rate. The most important thing is to prevent oxygenation of free radicals, avoid blockage of the blood, improve the state of blood vessels and blood flow, activate cells, smooth the cells of the blood vessel wall. To prevent or improve angiosclerosis, remove the factor of hypertension to solve the puzzle of cardiovascular diseases.

It has been demonstrated that whenever there is any tissue damage or an injury to the inner lining of the arteries, which might also be due to free radical oxidation, CRPs migrate to these areas and together with the Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL), form fatty/wax-like substance (plaques) on these injured sites. This leads to hardening of the arteries and decrease in their diameter, impeding the blood flow.

No, more women die of CVD than men (51.9% compared to 48.1%). Menopause itself appears to increase the risk of CVD, as do the factors of smoking, oral contraception, and the fact that women have smaller arteries.

Yes, but most procedures are costly and the results are often painful, debilitating and of questionable long-term worth. Coronary bypass surgery and prescriptive drug therapy often have unwanted side effects.

My method is to put the tobacco in a large, clean bowl, and cover the bowl with a damp towel. The towel should not touch the tobacco. Check the tobacco every couple hours, and when it reaches the moisture level you like, store it in an airtight container. Glass "bail top" jars work well, but be sure to clean them thoroughly. (See the next item on mold.) Different tobaccos take up moisture at different rates.

No. You can reasonably keep your tobacco for unlimited periods of time providing you store it correctly. Like wine, it mellows with age.

Yes. The training site as well as practicum site requires that students refrain from drinking and smoking due for cultural sensitivity.

Cardiovascular Disease, or CVD for short, includes Coronary Heart Disease or diseases of the arteries (Arteriosclerosis, including hardening of the arteries, or Atherosclerosis), Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), Arrhythmias, Congestive Heart Disease, Stroke, High Blood Pressure (Hypertension), Rheumatic Heart Disease and other dysfunctions of the cardiovascular system.

Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the US today and the leading cause of diabetes related deaths. Research indicates that cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetics share a common root - Insulin resistance. Insulin resistance occurs when the body does not produce enough or does not respond very well to it's own natural insulin. Insulin is a hormone (much like a key) that helps blood sugar to get into the cells of the body to be stored or converted into energy.