Wales could be the first to ban smoking in cars

WALES could be the first European country to ban smoking in cars carrying children, First Minister Carwyn Jones announced yesterday. Mr Jones said legislation could be considered if children’s exposure to second-hand smoke did not reduce as a result of a campaign. A ban would be designed first and foremost to protect children from second-hand smoke as well as encouraging adults to give up smoking, he said.

 

The First Minister said that it would be the next logical step following the ban on smoking in offices, pubs and restaurants.

He said: “Wales was the first UK country to vote in favour of a ban on smoking in public places and if necessary we will not shy away from considering the introduction of progressive legislation to further protect children from second-hand smoke.”

It was not entirely clear how any such move would be policed. Mr Jones told the Western Mail that no new road traffic offence would be created, although he suggested there was “plenty of scope for joint working” with the police.

Legislation will not be considered until the end of a three- year campaign warning drivers about the dangers to children in the car of lighting up while driving.

Mr Jones said: “Children are particularly at risk from second-hand smoke, especially in vehicles where a confined space means there is no respite from the harm of the toxic chemicals in cigarettes.

“Our manifesto committed us to take tough action to tackle inequalities in health, particularly the harm caused by tobacco use and its effect on children.

“The law already requires any vehicle that is used by more than one person in the course of paid or voluntary work to be smoke free and an extension is the next logical step.

“We will mount a renewed campaign to tackle smoking alongside other interventions such as quit programmes, but will consider pursuing legislative options if children’s exposure to second-hand smoke does not start to fall within the next three years.

“There is a growing public consensus on the social unacceptability of being exposed to second-hand smoke and introducing legislation would be a powerful statement of intent about our commitment to the health of our children,” he added.

Chief Medical Officer for Wales Dr Tony Jewell said: “Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of smoking, and with no escape from second-hand smoke are more likely to develop long- term conditions such as asthma at an early age, which will affect them for their rest of their lives.”

The move from the Welsh Government comes less than two weeks after the British Medical Association called for drivers to be prevented from lighting up in their vehicles.

In June the BMA’s conference in Cardiff passed a motion calling for legislation to be introduced by all governments in the UK to tackle the issue of smoking while driving, to protect the health of other passengers and to increase the safety of other road users.

Delegates heard that smoking in a car was more damaging to a person’s health than breathing in exhaust fumes, because particle concentrations were 27 times higher than in a smoker’s home and 20 times higher than they used to be in a pub, when smoking was allowed.

That made it safer to have the exhaust pipe on the inside of the car than to smoke cigarettes in terms of fine particulate matter.

Research by the British Lung Foundation found that more than a third of children with a parent who smoked said the parent smoked in the car while the child is a passenger.

Heart attack prevention: Should I avoid secondhand smoke?

Cigarettes always relate to bad factors to health. Normally, a person who consume cigarettes not only harm itself, the effect of the smoke also harm the other person near him which is call secondhand smoker. 

There is a question whether the effect and the dangerousness of secondhand smoker is same as smoker. So below is part of the answer whether secondhand smoke increase your risk of having a heart attack. The answer was prepared by Martha Grogan, M.D.

Answer

Secondhand smoke exposure is a risk factor for having a heart attack. It's thought that chemicals in secondhand smoke can irritate the lining of your arteries, causing them to swell (inflammation). This inflammation can narrow your arteries, increasing your risk of having a heart attack. 

Breathing secondhand smoke can also cause the cells in your blood that are responsible for clotting (platelets) to increase in number, making your blood more likely to clot. Too many platelets can cause a clot to form that may block an artery, causing a heart attack or stroke.

Also, it appears that heart attack rates go down in areas after those areas pass smoking bans. If you smoke, the best way to reduce your heart attack risk is to quit. If you're regularly around smokers, encourage them to quit or smoke in outdoor areas that will reduce the amount of secondhand smoke others will breathe. This is especially important if you have had a previous heart attack or have been diagnosed with heart disease.

Mangosteens

Mangosteens, The Queen of Fruits,  or the scientific name of Garnicia mangostana. It is the crop took the form of the tree that came from the tropical forest in the South-East Asian region, that is the Malaysian jungle or Indonesia. Mangosteens had plenty of benefits because of being rich in the content antioksidan to skin and him. 

Several benefits mangosteens:

Prevented the deadly illness, mangosteens had the content of the substance xanthones that was useful to overcome illnesses that were deadly like cancer, diabetes, the heart, arthritis, alzheimer, and other. The substance xanthones that in produced mangosteens could avoid various illnesses that were caused by the inflammation, like artritis and alzheimer (was one of the illnesses of brain dysfunction). Moreover xanthone also beneficial prevented the growth of the cancer cell and the tumour. Skin mangosteens also multi the usefulness that is anti-cancer, antioksi and effective overcame the heart of the coroner, the HIV, et cetera. The extract of mangosteens skin was antiproliferasi to hinder the growth of the cancer cell. Moreover this extract also was apotosis the destroyer of the cancer cell. The content of the substance xanthone that was met to him could treat several cancer kinds like heart cancer, the digestion, the lungs et cetera. Xanthone in potent also mangosteens skin overcame the tuberculosis illness (the TB), asthma, leukimia, antiinflamasi, and antidiare. 

Eliminated the feeling of being sick, a doctor in the United States admitted to replacing the medicine of the feeling remover was sick that was suffered in his neck with consumed mangosteens routinely. Mangosteens also berkhasiat reduced the feeling of being sick. 

Against the free radical, mangosteens contained catechins that was proven to be more effective and more efficient compared with vitamin C or vitamin E in opposing the free radical available in our body. Doctor Frederc Templeman that wrote the book of "A Doctor Challenge, A Mangosteen Solution" suggested consumed mangosteens every day as supplement food, got the substance antioksidan more often was compared by any supplement that was offered in the medicine. Moreover the content alpha-mangostin and gamma-maostin in mangosteens also was as antibakteri. Alpha-magodtin also it was known had his equally good effectiveness with antibiotika that was in the market like amphicillin and minocycline.

Reduced hypertension, hypertension or hypertension also happened because of the existence of the disturbance in blood vessels, and the risk towards the heart disease and stroke. Mangosteens could overcome this matter, especially to normalise the weight. 

Sources :http://khasiatbuah.com/buah-manggis.htm

Roselle Nutrition Facts

Roselle or the science name Hibiscus sabdariffa is one hibiscus species that is in climate country tropical and subtropical including Africa, India and Asia (including Malaysia). Often hibiscus we see grown in flower parks on the other hand named Hibiscus rosasinensis and it also have distinctive nutrition. 

Roselle planted in Malaysia widely whether by commercial agriculture or in plant in house compound only. It have vitamin C that very high compared vitamin C that residing within citrus or lemon species tree. Roselle which still fresh have Vitamin C 20 times dual from Vitamin C in citrus and dry roselle having only 9 times dual only. This mean roselle need to be practiced every day because many disease had attacked not only group which already old but also youth. Weird but true. Diseases like high blood, diabetes, cancer, weak heart, kidney problem and so on named degenerative disease.

Why it can be such? Why young person also can suffer degenerative disease whereas inconceivably by our mind how such a young age can suffer? This is since studies had showed nutrition and our environment have been contaminated with high poisoning and result in cell damage and tissue inside body by free radical activity. As such roselle very good to be practised to avoid and care our health.  

Aging anti

Roselle afford make the practitioner seem bright and ageless because high Vitamin C content and fibrous delaying ageing process that due to tissue damage activity and body body cell by free radical.

Prevent Heart Ailment

Heart disease considered “silent killer” and were number one killer in the world. Roselle afford prevent formation and LDL thickening (bad fat) in heart artery part and avoid also from occurence of high blood disease.

Prevent Cancer

Cancer due to nutrition and exposed environment to high poisoning. Vitamin C and high fibre in Roselle behave anti-oksida and anti-cancer.

Treating High Fever

Those who often experienced high fever best practise Roselle because Roselle cold in nature and afford reduce high body temperature. Apart from that Roselle also step up antibody a person.

Sinus antidote and Allergy

To overcome sinus problem (allergy) and allergy (asthma) you may consume Roselle.

Stress and Difficult To Sleep

Stress can be treated by practise Roselle that able to lower body temperature and influence mood patient. In other words Roselle can calm patient because Stress wipe out Vitamin C in body and Roselle on the other hand increase Vitamin C. Insomnia  also could be overcome by consuming Roselle before sleep.

Sources :http://syafrizal.net/hpa/perubatan-jawi/roselle-dan-khasiatnya/