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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2006
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》 HEALTH
New research reveals increased nicotine in cigarettes
BY ANNA FALTERMEIER
Melissa Nichols, Kansas City, Mo. junior, started smoking her junior year of high school. Since then she's tried to quit but hasn't been able to go more than two weeks without a cigarette.
"It's addicting." Nichols said. "You just want one."
According to a new study, it may be harder to quit today than ever before.
The level of nicotine smokers consume per cigarette rose 10 percent in the last six years, according to the Massachusetts Department of Health. Higher levels of nicotine make it easier for smokers to become addicted and harder for them to quit.
The study found that Marlboro, Newport and Camel — the three most popular brands among young smokers — had increased most in nicotine levels.
According to "Abnormal Psychology" by David Holmes, professor of psychology, nicotine absorption into the blood increases
heart rate and blood pressure and causes blood vessels to contract. Nicotine withdrawal symptoms can include irritability, nausea, dizziness, headaches, increased appetite and weight gain.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, smoking greatly increases the risk of dying from lung cancer, developing coronary heart disease, suffering a stroke and developing several other types of cancer.
Nichols said she realized smoking was bad and wanted to quit smoking
She's not alone. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, most smokers admit smoking is harmful and want to quit but only about six percent who try to quit stop for more than a month.
some day.
Nicotine activates reward pathways in the brain and causes feelings of pleasure.
Not everyone is upset about the rise in nicotine levels, "I think I'm getting more for my money," said Amy Hughes, St. Paul, Minn., freshman.
Tobacco cessation programs are available through Student Health Services. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment operates a 24-hour Quitline, which offers screening, counseling, support materials and referral information to quit smoking. The Quitline can be reached at 1-866-KAN-STOP.
Kansan staff writer Anna Faltermeier can be contacted at afaltermeier@kansan.com.
Edited by Derek Korte
Stop smoking
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the five steps to quit smoking are as follows: Get ready, get support, learn new skills and behaviors, get medication and use it correctly and be prepared for difficult situations. For more information go to http:// www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit/ canquilt.htm.
INTERNET
New site raises concerns Note repository could be an excuse to skip class
BY KIM LYNCH
Facebook now has a scholarly twin at the University of Kansas: A site called Noteswap.
Ryan Grush, founder and CEO of Noteswap, said he hoped that Noteswap would become "the academic counterpart to Facebook."
As of Tuesday, KU students can join Noteswap — a site for sharing lecture notes — by registering atnoteswap.com with a KU e-mail address.
Grush, a junior at Louisiana State University, created Noteswap after students who had left because of Hurricane Katrina sent him messages through Facebook asking for lecture notes. It was then that "a light bulb went off in my head," Grush said, and Noteswap was born.
The site was launched at Louisiana State last November and during the spring semester added four more colleges. Grush expects to admit more colleges soon.
The site already allows users to post lecture notes and rate professors and notes. Students must post notes in order to see other students' notes, he said.
Some new features, not yet available, will allow users to create profiles and post on message boards for specific classes, Grush said.
Grush said he was also trying to make Noteswap professor-friendly so professors could use it as a communication tool.
Grush said there was concern that students would abuse Noteswap by posting inappropriate material. The site relies on its users to report any problems, he said. If users are reported to the site, they receive a warning; repeat offenders will be banned.
Another worry is that students will substitute Noteswap for going to class.
Grush, a junior at Louisiana State University, created Noteswap after students who had left because of Hurricane Katrina sent him messages through Facebook asking for lecture notes.
Grush said he didn't want students using Noteswap to go against a university's or professor's policies. He said that the Web site would rely on professors to report any problems and that the company would deal with issues on a case-by-case basis.
Megan Greene, assistant professor of history, said she did not think getting notes off of Noteswap would encourage students to skip class. The only concern she had was the possibility of students posting exams, Greene said.
Tracy Russo, associate professor of communication studies, said she thought Noteswap was risky because it would be hard to know if the notes were good or bad.
The only benefits she saw were that a student who missed class would be able to get notes and
a student could check a piece of information against another's notes.
Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle, associate vice provost for student success, said that lecture notes were not reflective of what happened in class and that students would be shorting themselves by using Noteswap instead of attending.
Virginia Heinen, Leavenworth freshman, said students who didn't make the effort to go to class probably wouldn't make the effort to get the notes off of Noteswap. She said she would use Noteswap only if she got sick.
Kansan staff writer Kim Lynch can be contacted at klynch@ kansan.com.
Edited by Natalie Johnson
BUSINESS
Restaurant takes risk Deli moves to historically unfavorable downtown location
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
Westside Deli and Market will attempt to do what restaurants before it have failed to do: Stay in business at 811 New Hampshire St. It opens at that location on Oct. 1.
Currently at 4931 W. 6th St., Westside Deli and Market will change locations after five years in business to become the fourth restaurant at the New Hampshire location during the past five years. The move allows the deli to take advantage of a bigger space and to be in downtown Lawrence, owner Michael Levy said.
The deli will change its name to the "New Hampshire St. Bistro," and will feature an expanded menu. The new location will also include a bar that will be open until 2 a.m. and feature specials.
The space at 811 New Hampshire, owned by Grubb & Ellis]The Winbury Group. was most recently occupied by Krause Dining from 2005 to 2006 on a temporary basis while the restaurant tried to work with the city to solve a zoning problem at its previous location. Before that, Captain Ribman's Meat Market occupied the building from 2003 to 2004 and The Blue Jacket was there from 2001 to 2003. Prior to being renovated for restaurant use, the building was the home of a flea market.
Despite the site's history with short-lived restaurant stints, Levy
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"Those were different entities and different situations," he said.
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Allison Vance Moore, a vice president at Grubb & Ellis[The Winbury Group, is the leasing agent at the location. She said she thought Westside Deli and Market would be successful in its new space.
rant is the right fit for this location," she said.
Westside Deli and Market will operate from its current location until Sept. 21.
Kansan staff writer Jack Weinstein can be contacted at jweinstein@kansan.com.
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