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 Links between nutrition and oral cancer
Every year, nearly 300,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with oral cancer. This type of cancer has the highest incidence in people who use tobacco, including cigarettes, but the means by which tobacc..
 Tobacco industry promoted “ineffective” ventilation systems
Newly released documents reveal that, despite knowing that ventilation and air filtration are ineffective at removing environmental tobacco smoke, British American Tobacco (BAT) promoted these technol..
 The flavor of marketing to kids
Twenty years ago RJR created Joe Camel, who blew smoke rings over Times Square and was so heavily promoted that more children recognized this cartoon character than Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse. Only af..
 Smoking and osteoporosis strengthened
Young or old, man or woman, smoker or non-smoker – no matter what category you fit into, cigarette smoke can weaken your bones and increase your risk for fractures, according to new research presented..
 Cigarettes,smoking,health from different perspectives
Is it time to ban cigarettes yet? In this essay, I’m going to give you three different perspectives on the issue. From one perspective, the public health view that says cigarettes are a deadly product..
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 Smoking, high body mass index increase genetic risk of age-related macular degeneration
Researchers at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) and the Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, report for the first time how two behavioral lifestyle factors together alter the gen..
 Maternal smoking linked with severe tic disorder
Women who smoke during pregnancy appear to have a very strong risk of having a child with severe symptoms of Tourette’s syndrome and the risk of having obsessive-compulsive disorder is also increased..
 Smoking and obesity may increase the risk of erectile dysfunction
A prospective study by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found that obesity and smoking are strongly associated with a greater risk of erectile dysfunction (ED). Meanwhil..
 Secondhand smoke is dangerous at any level
A new report by U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona has concluded that there is no safe level of secondhand smoke exposure. The report, which reviewed 20 years of evidence on the health hazards of ex..
 Lung tests can help smokers give up smoking
"Spirometry" lung-function tests that tell a smoker how badly their lungs have been affected, as well as special quit-smoking phone lines, can work together to help smokers to kick the habit, new rese..
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