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Smoking and solid fuel use in homes cause millions of deaths
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 day 20 hours (esciencenews.com)
If current levels of smoking and biomass and coal fuel use in homes continues, between 2003 and 2033 there will be an estimated 65 million deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 18 million deaths from lung cancer in China, accounting for 19% and 5% of all deaths in that country during this period. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) predict that the combined effects of these two major factors alone will be responsible for more than 80% of COPD deaths and 75% of lung cancer deaths in China over a thirty-year period 
Combined impact of lifestyle factors on mortality: prospective cohort study in U.S. women
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 weeks 4 days (www.bmj.com)
Objective: To evaluate the impact of combinations of lifestyle factors on mortality in middle aged women.
Design Prospective: cohort study.
Setting: Nurses’ health study, United States.
Participants: 77,782 women aged thirty-four to fifty-nine years and free from cardiovascular disease and cancer in 1980
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 month 3 weeks (www.womenshealthmag.com)
Come clean to your doc, or you could risk more than a red face. Many patients see no harm in fibbing about whether or not they smoke, take vitamins or how much they drink. But this information should not be left out. In particular, women who do not tell their doctors that they smoke rob themselves of an accurate determination of their risk of blood clots. Doctors who know that their female patients smoke tend to recommend lower-risk methods of contraception, such as diaphragms and IUDs.
Where There's Smoke, There's (Genetic) Fire
jerry submitted, created time 2 months 2 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Peer pressure may push teens to start smoking, but their DNA keeps them hooked on the nicotine buzz into their adult years. So says a new study that finds that people with variations in particular genes are more likely to become addicted if they start smoking during early adolescence. The work may explain why some people find it harder to kick the habit and also underscores the importance of preventing children from smoking in the first place.
Psychiatric patients less violent when smoking restricted
jerry submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.bmj.com)
Violence and aggressive incidents were cut by almost half when a smoking ban was introduced at one English acute psychiatric hospital.
In data yet to be published, but seen by the BMJ, investigators at Harplands Hospital in North Staffordshire examined all recorded episodes of violence and aggression that staff experienced. They compared all incidents a year before the introduction of a smoke-free hospital policy in April 2006 with those in the year after
kavin submitted, created time 3 months 4 days (www.medscape.com)
This large, prospective, observational study showed that Finnish smokers who consumed eight or more cups of coffee per day had a 23% lowered risk for cerebral infarction, whereas those who drank two or more cups of black tea daily had a 21% lowered risk for this type of stroke vs those who drank little or none of these beverages. The associations were independent of risk factors such as a history of coronary heart disease.
Their report is published in the June 2008 issue of Stroke
Faulty DNA repair could be a risk factor for lung cancer in nonsmokers
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 1 week (esciencenews.com)
People who have never smoked but whose cells cannot efficiently repair environmental insults to DNA are at higher risk of developing lung cancer than those with effective genomic repair capability, according to researchers from the Department of Epidemiology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. "About 15 percent of lung cancers occur in lifetime never smokers
A Genetic Clue to Quitting Smoking
jerry submitted, created time 4 months 3 days (www.time.com)
A blood test may one day be able to predict how a smoker will respond to two popular methods of kicking the habit... Nicotine replacement, like gums and patches, wean the smoker off nicotine gradually, but Zyban, an antidepressant, works to fight nicotine cravings in the person's brain. Some people respond much better to one strategy or the other.
Drug taken to stop smoking is linked to traffic mishaps
sea-maid submitted, created time 4 months 1 week (www.latimes.com)
A surprising development: the drug that the man in this study had hoped would help turn him into a healthier person instead, he believes, caused an accident in which he could have been seriously hurt, even killed.
Quitting smoking is a pack behavior
sea-maid submitted, created time 4 months 1 week (blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com)
Smokers tend to quit in groups, according to a new study. One person who quits can have ripple effects across his or her entire social network, prompting others to kick the habit.
Genetic interaction with smoking in arthritis
jerry submitted, created time 4 months 4 weeks (arthritis-research.com)
Analysis of data from a study of American nurses confirms the PTPN22 polymorphism is a strong risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis, and that its presence interacts multiplicatively with heavy smoking.
Why Some Smokers Get Lung Cancer--And Others Are Spared
sumsung submitted, created time 5 months 3 weeks (www.sciam.com)
Smoking is the most potent known cause of lung cancer. The question is: Why do some longtime smokers come down with the deadly disease whereas others escape it? New research points to a genetic culprit that also was fingered as upping a person's likelihood of becoming hooked on cigarettes.
If pregnant women stop smoking, babies are happier
sumsung submitted, created time 6 months 3 weeks (www.reuters.com)
Mothers who stop smoking while pregnant tend to have cheerier, more adaptable babies, British researchers reported on Wednesday. Babies of women who continued to smoke while pregnant were notably grumpy, and the researchers believe that mothers who can muster the effort to kick the habit are also caring more for their babies in other ways.
Heart Attacks Down Following Countywide Smoking Ban
jane2007 submitted, created time 10 months 1 week (www.medicalnewstoday.com)
Heart attacks among non smokers in Monroe County, Indiana, US, fell by more than two thirds following a smoking ban in the county.
Study shows smoking accelerates men's hair loss
Eric wu submitted, created time 10 months 2 weeks (www.reuters.com)
While Asian men generally have less trouble than Caucasians with the most common form of hereditary male baldness, smoking cigarettes may erase that edge, researchers said on Monday.
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