Effects of Tobacco on Health

Tobacco is an agriculture product and it is taken from the Nicotiana plants' leaves. It can be used, consumed in the form of nicotine tartrate. It is used as organic pesticide, in some medicines which are used. There are many forms of consumption of this tobacco such as chewing, smoking, snuffing, snus, dipping tobacco. Generally, it is smoked.

Short-term effects:
Immediately the body responds to the chemical nicotine in the smoke when a person smokes a cigarette. Blood pressure, heart rate, and flow of blood from the heart are increased by nicotine by using cigarette. It also causes narrowing of arteries. The amount of oxygen that the blood can carry is reduced by carbon monoxide. An imbalance is created by effects of nicotine in the demand for oxygen by the cells and in the amount of oxygen the blood is able to supply.

Long term effects:
Lung diseases, larynx, coronary heart disease and stroke, esophagus, cancer of lungs, mouth and bladder are caused by smoking. Not only those, smoking can cause cancer of pancreas, cervix, kidneys etc. More than 40 chemicals have been identified by researchers in tobacco smoke which cause cancer in humans and animals. Smoking harmful effects do not end with the smoker.

Many adverse on their off springs outcomes like babies with low birth weight, and increased risk of infant death and with a variety of infant health disorders, if women use tobacco at the time of pregnancy. The environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) effects the health of nonsmokers adversely. It was estimated that 3,000 non smoking Americans died of lung cancer and 3,00,000 children are suffering from lower respiratory-tract infections in each year because of ETS exposure.

The History of Automated Watch

Now-a-days many people are giving more importance for time management. In modern days, many men wear watch, as their is close relation between men and watches. Watches have different shapes, colors, models. We can also have options of mobile phone and computer in our watch as a result of advancements in technology. Let us see about the history of automated watch and how it came into existence:

• The first watch came into existence in 1500's created by Peter Henlein. It was the first pocket watch.
• But in 1770's, Abraham-Louis Perrele watch winder shop was established in Paris and France.
• After perrele, breguet started a company of watches by creating self mechanism watches and also called his watches by name "perpetuelles".
• In 1923, John Harwood, who was a watch mender, produced some highly good watches and also he took U.K. patent for his watches. In 1926, Rolex Watch company manufactured water proof watches .
• In 1956, day and date were also introduced in watch.
• In 1957, Hamilton invented battery based watch.

Know About Critical Illness Insurance

Financial cover is offered by this insurance to a family and beneficiaries if the policy holder suffers from critical illness or death. There is upper limit for payment of compensation in general health-insurance policy. It is difficult to cover medical expenses of a person who suffers chronic illness in this general health-insurance policy.

Expenses which occur from an individual's long term recovery from an illness, will be paid by this insurance. Each medical bill is not paid by the the critical illness insurance, payment is provided by this for any condition which is listed in the policy.

This insurance starts paying as soon as the sickness is identified. Medical test expenses, the treatment and any daily expenses are paid by this policy.

Generally, comprehensive medical tests of the applicant are conducted by insurance company, before confirming the critical illness insurance policy. Insurance company checks the individual's health record and family's medical history. If an individual does not reveal the personal information or family's medical record properly then the application of the individual can be rejected by insurance company.

Commonly these following sicknesses are covered by a basic illness insurance policy such as:
cancer, traumatic stroke, quadriplegia, loss of limbs, heart attack.

Generally, the major illnesses like HIV or AIDS, angina, drug abuse and self caused injury are not covered by many insurers. Before taking the policy, it is better to read the policy and understand the extent of cover.

There are many benefits with this insurance policy, these can include returning of the premium after some specific years. If an individual pays the premium on time then there is a coverage renewable guarantee.

Extension of Road Side Assistance by Ford India

As India is a developing auto country, many companies want to attract the customers by launching different models and new versions. Besides new launches and developments of the cars, the automobile industry is also showing interest in launching services which are efficient and useful to the customers and thus want their services to attract the people. In this context, the Ford's best selling car company is extending its services of assistance for different cities.

24-hour pioneered service for the roadside assistance service was launched in India in November 2007. Under this program in the first phase, different places of Delhi & NCR, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune was covered. During the second phase, the service was extended to different cities like Hyderabad, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Kochi within less than five months.

Under the third phase different cities like Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Kolkata were serviced in the year 2008. With the success of all these phases, the company wants to extend the services even to Agra and thus the completion of the golden triangle Delhi, Agra and Jaipur will be completed.

This service is used 24-hours service in case of emergency. Several types of services like on-site mechanic services in case of small repairs, transportation to the service center in case of large repairs, fuel delivery, jump start batteries etc.

This will help the Ford customers a lot in cases of flat tyre, battery drain out, lost/locked in keys etc.