Palpable (able to be felt) nodes on the side of the neck are usually benign and often infectious, but a history of smoking or chewing tobacco may cause concern about cancer. Noncarcinogenic and noninfectious illnesses such as drug-induced lymphadenopathy, collagen vascular disorders, and sarcoidosis may also cause generalized or localized adenopathy. Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, cat-scratch disease, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, and bacterial infections are among the...

Coca leaves have since followed a long and circuitous pathway from their presumed use in prehistory as an oral stimulant and tranquillizer for the governing classes, then to its role as a work-enhancing agent in the higher Andean altitudes, and now to its current status as an illicit drug employed primarily for recreational purposes. Coca leaves have since followed a long and circuitous pathway from their presumed use in prehistory as an oral stimulant and tranquillizer for the governing...

The increase isn't for all tobacco. The tax on items like cigars and chewing tobacco did not increase. Jennifer King says she's getting a carton today, but on her next stop, she may buy a case to get the most out of that pre-tax increase price. King and many others are paying more now to stock up, so they'll save the almost half-dollar extra they'll permanently pay come Sunday. JUST REMEMBER, SMOKERS VOTE Posted by: Georgia Location: Knoxville OK, the supposed reason for this tax is to...

That law goes back a few hundred years, I'm sure, and was a necessary edict right up until cowboys, chewing tobacco and spittoons went the way of horse-drawn carriages and hoop skirts. The law doesn't hurt anyone by just sitting there in dusty old law books or on metal signs nailed high above the pedestrian traffic. The law is on the books; the sign upholds the law. And I've gotten used to having lunch late in the day if we go to a restaurant on a Sunday, because blue laws still on the...

For Ned Temko, closure of the Havana haven The Humidor may just prompt a spot of law-breaking Sunday June 24, 2007 The Observer It is late on Friday afternoon and, amid the hedgefunders and lawyers and literary types, I feel lucky to claim one of the soft leather armchairs in what is probably the most famous - and certainly the most comfortable - cigar smokers' haven in the world. For Ned Temko, closure of the Havana haven The Humidor may just prompt a spot of law-breaking Sunday June 24,...