December 19, 2014

High-tech smoking is overtaking the real thing for many teenagers. A report says more teens now smoke e-cigarettes than regular ones. Health experts are concerned that the switch to vaping could reverse decades of effort to drive down smoking rates for young people. Source Link 

A shocking celebrity death drove more people to the Internet than any other event in 2014. Google says the top trending search of 2014 was for actor-comedian Robin Williams, who took his own life in August. Other top search topics included Ebola, World Cup soccer, and the terror group ISIS. Source Link

If you’ve ever wondered why the waiting room at the doctor’s office never seems to have any good current magazines, there’s an answer. Researchers who kept track of reading materials in a waiting room found that new magazines didn’t last long. Those with multiple celebrity photos on the cover were taken home quickly by patients. Source Link