Could making smoking taste even worse stop more people from picking up the habit? That’s the question being posed as the Food and Drug Administration considers a ban on menthol cigarettes. An advisory panel has told the FDA that menthol flavoring makes it easier for young smokers to get started and that menthol might even make cigarettes more addictive. Source Link
Mother Nature’s mayhem means that backorder for your new iPad 2 will be even longer. The earthquake in Japan forced production shutdowns for some key suppliers of parts for the hot-selling tablet computer. Analysts say supply problems in Japan may make it more difficult to get memory chips and the special ultra-thin battery that powers the iPad 2. Source Link
You might be able to measure the economic recovery by the cupful, in terms of how many Americans are shelling out for a cup of gourmet coffee. A National Coffee Association survey says that’s on the upswing this year, after coffee drinking dropped in 2010 in response to the effects of the Great Recession. The survey says about six out of ten Americans are coffee drinkers. Source Link
Mother Nature’s mayhem means that backorder for your new iPad 2 will be even longer. The earthquake in Japan forced production shutdowns for some key suppliers of parts for the hot-selling tablet computer. Analysts say supply problems in Japan may make it more difficult to get memory chips and the special ultra-thin battery that powers the iPad 2. Source Link
You might be able to measure the economic recovery by the cupful, in terms of how many Americans are shelling out for a cup of gourmet coffee. A National Coffee Association survey says that’s on the upswing this year, after coffee drinking dropped in 2010 in response to the effects of the Great Recession. The survey says about six out of ten Americans are coffee drinkers. Source Link
