Mar

12

Smoking, blood pressure a deadly combo

March 12, 2008 | Comments Off

Smoking and high blood pressure are a deadly combination that dramatically increase the risk of a blood vessel bursting inside the brain, Australian research shows. High blood pressure and smoking are known to increase the risk of heart diseases, but Sydney researchers have shown that the two have a stronger, "synergistic effect" when both are […]

Mar

12

Telling smokers age of lungs helps them quit

March 12, 2008 | Comments Off

Smokers are more likely to kick the habit if they are told how “old” their lungs are, a British study found on Friday. The concept of lung age — measured by comparing a smoker’s lungs to the age of a healthy person whose lungs function the same — has helped patients better understand how smoking […]

Mar

12

10 Overlooked Reasons to Quit Smoking

March 12, 2008 | Comments Off

You know smoking causes lung cancer, emphysema, and heart disease, but you’re still lighting up. To help you get on the wagon, we’ve compiled a list of little known ways your life can go up in smoke if you don’t kick the habit.

Feb

18

India facing smoking death crisis

February 18, 2008 | Comments Off

One million people a year will die from tobacco smoking in India during the 2010s, research predicts. The New England Journal of Medicine study found smoking already accounts for 900,000 deaths a year in India. The study warns that without action, the death toll from smoking will climb still further.

Feb

4

Smoking can double risk of colorectal polyps

February 4, 2008 | Comments Off

The results from this meta-analysis showed pooled risk estimates of 2.14 for current versus never smokers, 1.82 for ever versus never smokers and 1.47 for former versus never smokers. Ever smokers had a 13 percent increasing risk of polyps for every additional 10 pack-years smoked in comparison to never smokers.

Jan

28

A Kick Ash Plan

January 28, 2008 | Comments Off

There are a lot of good reasons to quit smoking — your health, your family, your car upholstery. So you do it. You go cold turkey. Problem is that the next thing you do is eat the turkey. And the ice cream. And anything else you can lay your suddenly idle hands on. Hell, if […]

Jan

9

Healthy living can add 14 years

January 9, 2008 | Comments Off

Taking exercise, not drinking too much alcohol, eating enough fruit and vegetables and not smoking can add up to 14 years to your life, a study says. Research involving 20,000 people over a decade found those who failed on all criteria were four times more likely to have died than those who succeeded.

Dec

30

Smokers in denial about health dangers

December 30, 2007 | Comments Off

Most smokers are in denial about the dangers of their habit, new research released by anti-tobacco campaigners has found. The Cancer Council Victoria found more than six out of 10 smokers agreed with at least one incorrect statement that downplayed the health risk of smoking.

Dec

29

Early heart attack risk for smokers

December 29, 2007 | Comments Off

AS if cigarette smokers don’t have enough health worries, new research shows that smokers with a common genetic mutation are at greater risk of a heart attack early in life than those without the defective gene. The link between the faulty version of the gene and early heart attacks is so strong that smokers without […]

Nov

6

Smoking burns muscle not fat

November 6, 2007 | Comments Off

This we know: smoking takes the edge off appetite and so helps people lose weight. Australian researchers have found that the reduction is from muscle mass and not from stored fat. We might look thinner, we might be lighter, but the weight loss has been damaging to our health. "Using smoking to suppress body weight […]

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