The Healthy Skeptic: Electronic Cigarettes

The Healthy Skeptic: Electronic cigarettes
The FDA hasn’t approved electronic cigarettes and has tried to stop the products from entering the country. But the gadgets have developed a devoted fan base. Even in these days of strict indoor clean air laws, you can still legally puff away in movie theaters, restaurants or even on a plane. You just have to use a cigarette that runs on a battery, not tobacco.
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Air conditioning: Cold comfort
In 1992, Cambridge University anthropologist Gwyn Prins wrote the paper “On Condis and Coolth” in the academic journal Energy and Buildings, slamming air conditioning addicts. He labelled them “condis”, and their preferred refrigerated climate, “coolth”, arguing AC was the ultimate example of needless luxury in an already gluttonous society. In an elegant, influential tirade, Prins warned of …
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