By Ana Sandoiu Fact checked by Paula Field New research analyzes the effect of cigarette smoke on MRSA strains and finds that it makes the bacteria more persistent, more invasive, and more resistant to certain antibiotics. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death across the world, with tobacco use, including smoking, being responsible for...
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NOPE, ‘ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY’ CIGARETTES AREN’T HEALTHY
People perceive cigarettes marketed as being environmentally friendly as less harmful to health and the environment, a new survey shows. Few people would consider a handgun with a sustain-ably harvested wood stock any less lethal than one with a steel stock. But the same logic doesn’t apply to cigarettes—the leading preventable cause of death globally...
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Smoking has long-term impact on peripheral artery disease risk
Ning Ding, M.B.B.S., from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues evaluated data from 13,355 participants (aged 45 to 64 years) in the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities study without PAD, CHD, or stroke at baseline (1987 to 1989). The authors sought to assess the long-term association of cigarette smoking and cessation with the incidence of PAD, CHD,...
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Smokers three times likely to die from heart disease
New research shows smoking triples deaths from heart disease and stroke AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Smoking is killing at least 17 Australians a day from preventable heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular conditions, new research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found. The study, the most in-depth in the world, shows for the first time how smoking...
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E-cigarettes are just as likely to give you a sickly smoker’s cough: Study finds NICOTINE – not tobacco – strips lungs of their ability to fight off illness
Researchers found nicotine hampers the airways’ ability to clear mucus, making them weak Mucus-clearing is key to keep the lungs strong to fend off disease E-cigarettes have more nicotine in them per session than one cigarette This mucus build-up happens faster in younger e-cigarette users, the study said By MIA DE GRAAF HEALTH EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM E-cigarettes are just as likely as cigarettes to give you a ‘smoker’s cough’ and leave you susceptible to illness, researchers warn. Even without tobacco, the nicotine in...
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Changes to immune genes link paternal smoking with childhood asthma
Children exposed to paternal tobacco smoking before birth are more likely to develop asthma — and associated changes to immune genes predict the level of risk FRONTIERS Children exposed to paternal tobacco smoking before birth are more likely to develop asthma – and associated changes to immune genes predict the level of risk. These are the findings of a new study of Taiwanese families, whose lifestyle...
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Lung cancer under-recognized in people who have never smoked
A group of respiratory medicine and public health experts are calling for lung cancer in never-smokers to be given greater recognition. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, they say that lung cancer in people who have never smoked is under recognized and presents a diagnostic challenge, particularly for GPs seeking to balance over-investigation with early diagnosis...
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Smoking may limit body’s ability to fight dangerous form of skin cancer
Melanoma patients with a history of smoking cigarettes are 40 per cent less likely to survive their skin cancer than people who have never smoked, according to a new report funded by Cancer Research UK. AzerTAc The study of more than 700 melanoma patients mainly from the north of England – and published today in...
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Heavy smoking can damage vision, Rutgers researcher finds
Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day can damage your vision, a study co-authored by a Rutgers researcher finds. The research appears in the journal Psychiatry Research. The Economic Times The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 34.3 million adults in the United States currently smoke cigarettes and that more than 16 million...
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Blood vessel function takes harmful hit from hookah tobacco smoking
Smoking hookah tobacco acutely impairs blood vessels’ ability to function, according to preliminary research to be presented in Chicago at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2018. Hookah, also known as a waterpipe, consists of a bowl, a chamber partially filled with water, hose and mouthpiece. It is designed to burn specialty tobacco which is...