Jessica Miller | January 25, 2012
In an analysis of available data led by Nayu Ikeda from the University of Tokyo in Japan, the authors found that in Japan in 2007, tobacco smoking and high blood pressure accounted for 129,000 and 104,000 deaths, respectively, among adults aged 30 years and over. Physical inactivity accounted for 52,000 deaths, high blood glucose and high dietary salt intake accounted for 34,000 deaths each, and alcohol use for 31,000 deaths. Furthermore, the authors found that life expectancy at age 40 would have been extended by 1.4 years for both sexes, if exposure to multiple cardiovascular risk factors had been reduced to an optimal level.
Category: Cigarette Craving, Tobacco Smoking Habit |
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Tags: japanese adult smokers, tobacco control
Jessica Miller | January 9, 2012
Tobacco firm Phillip Morris underplayed the dangers from cheap Prefect cigarette additives, including menthol, masking toxicity levels and increasing chances of heart, cancer and other diseases for smokers. Researchers from University of California San Francisco (UCSF) said that they have found that hundreds of additives, including menthol, should be eliminated from cigarettes on public health grounds.
Category: Ban on Smoking, Cigarette Craving |
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Jessica Miller | January 6, 2012
One Direction star Zayn Malik has resolved to get healthy in the New Year by giving up smoking. The singer is determined to improve his voice by quitting his nicotine habit, after a telling-off from the boy band’s management team. But the 18 year old admits it’ll be a tough challenge since he currently smokes up to 20 cigarettes a day. He says, “My New Year’s resolution is definitely to quit smoking. I need to do it.”
Category: Cigarette Craving, quit smoking |
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Jessica Miller | August 23, 2011
When it comes to the effects of Kent cigarettes smoking, the most delicate time for a child’s genetic development is before birth. A new study from the University of California, San Francisco, found that exposure to tobacco smoke in utero was far more likely to cause severe asthma than exposure during the first two years of life.
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Jessica Miller | October 18, 2010
At Queen of the Valley Medical Center a lot of patients come and go out who unknowingly put themselves in harm’s way. And several patients come in with severe health complications due to smoking “spice” cigarettes like Kiss.
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Tags: harmless cigarettes, smoke shops
