No 1: today’s smokers are all hard core, addicted smokers who can’t or won’t give upZentinel/ShutterstockLast week, I wrote about factoid-driven myths that just refuse to die. In less than a week, the piece has had more than 1.184 million readers.
There’s plainly a big appetite for smoking myth busting, so here are 10 more.
Last year, fires burned 2 million hectares of peatlands in Indonesia, creating an acrid haze that affected several neighbouring Southeast Asian countries.
As nations met in Paris late last year to agree a deal to limit global greenhouse gas emissions, the huge carbon pool stored in the peatlands was going up in smoke at an unprecedented rate.
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Victoria Police had reportedly warned Joseph Acquaro, who was gunned down in Brunswick this week, that he was a target of mafia groups.AAP/Mal FaircloughThe murder in Melbourne this week of Joseph Acquaro, a lawyer with links to the Calabrian mafia in Australia, has brought the activities of a group that largely operates under the public radar...
The Commonwealth is telling the states to fix their own hospital budget problems, as though state governments can simply find savings from other areas.MARCELODLT/ShutterstockOnce again, states and territories are mired in negotiations with the Commonwealth about public hospital funding.
The states are still coping with the fiscal shock delivered by...
Old and unwanted equipment and business assets are often worth far more than they appear particularly those containing valuable metals. Precious metals, led by gold and silver reaching record highs...
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Everyone wants to live life with independence and dignity. For people with disabilities, achieving this often requires the right support. This is where NDIS providers play an important role. These pro...
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In the modern world, where manufacturing has become highly interconnected, the weakest components of the supply chain can only make the chain as strong as it is. One defective component might cause ...
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