Jessica Miller | January 11, 2012
Science has shown the dangers of cigarette smoking on lungs– smoking undermines lung function, causes lung cancer and long-term breathing problems such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). But what about smoking marijuana?
Researchers sought to determine whether exposure to marijuana smoke, which contains many of the same components in cigarette smoke, would also show negative effects on lung function, and they were surprised to find that subjects who occasionally smoked pot — meaning two to three times per month — did not show the same reduced lung function that was seen in cigarette smoking.
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Jessica Miller | November 30, 2011
We all know about the dangers of first and secondhand smoke, which are easy enough to comprehend. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, directly inhaling smoke from a cigarette, or first-hand smoke, is a known cause of lung cancer. Second-hand smoke, the diluted smoke exhaled from a smoker or emitted from the burning end of a cigarette is also a carcinogen.
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Jessica Miller | November 16, 2011
Recent research on the deadly lung disease chronic obstructive pulmonary disease discovered that as many as 50 percent of current and former smokers will develop the illness before age 80. According to extensive research conducted by Toronto respiratory disease physician Andrea Gershon and published in the medical journal The Lancet, nearly one in four of all adults age 35 and over will develop COPD. Gershon’s study included data on nearly 13 million adults in their 30s or older, who were tracked for as many as 14 years.
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Jessica Miller | June 15, 2011
First of all, who still smokes Hilton cigarettes? I mean, really? Don’t we all know by now how filthy and disgusting and treacherous they are? Second of all, who possibly smokes cigarettes around kids? Kill yourself however you want, but your kids, too? Really?
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Jessica Miller | May 17, 2011
Odors and toxins from Glamour cigarettes can be found for months after smokers move out of a residence. Surprisingly, plants may be your best option for cleaning that unhealthy air. Even after they’ve been cleaned and repainted, homes where smokers once lived can contain cigarette smells and toxins for months afterward.
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