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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 
Do light cigarettes deliver less nicotine to the brain than regular cigarettes?
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 week 2 days (esciencenews.com)
For decades now, cigarette makers have marketed so-called light cigarettes — which contain less nicotine than regular smokes — with the implication that they are less harmful to smokers' health. A new UCLA study shows, however, that they deliver nearly as much nicotine to the brain despite having a lower overall nicotine content.
Genetically engineered tobacco plants used to grow anti-lymphoma vaccine
Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 1 week (www.sciam.com)
Reports in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences report that an experimental vaccines has triggered the immune systems of eleven (out of sixteen) patients to attack their tumors. The patients are afflicted with what is called follicular B-cell lymphoma. Dangerous side effects? None.
The interesting part? The vaccine was grown courtesy of some genetically engineered tobacco plants.
Of course, all of the patients were also receiving chemotherapy at the time, so it may be difficult to tell which results may be attributed to the vaccine itself
The benefits of green tea in reducing an important risk factor for heart disease
kavin submitted, created time 3 months 2 days (esciencenews.com)
More evidence for the beneficial effect of green tea on risk factors for heart disease has emerged in a new study reported in the latest issue of European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.1 The study found that the consumption of green tea rapidly improves the function of (endothelial) cells lining the circulatory system; endothelial dysfunction is a key event in the progression of atherosclerosis
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
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.
An Exocyst Complex Functions in Plant Cell Growth in Arabidopsis and Tobacco
kavin submitted, created time 4 months 1 week (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
In this paper, the researchers provide genetic, cell biological, and biochemical evidence that these and other predicted subunits function together in vivo in Arabidopsis thaliana. And they conclude that the exocyst functions as a complex in plant cells, where it plays important roles in morphogenesis.
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.
kavin submitted, created time 4 months 2 weeks (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Most head and neck cancers are squamous cell carcinomas that develop in the upper aerodigestive epithelium after exposure to carcinogens such as tobacco and alcohol. The authors review the epidemiology, molecular pathogenesis, diagnosis and staging, and the latest multimodal management of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
First Common Genetic Clue to Lung Cancer
sumsung submitted, created time 6 months 4 days (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
It's well known that cigarettes can cause lung cancer. A nd yet, some people smoke like a chimney their entire lives and never get the disease. Now a sweeping search for an explanation has yielded a clue: Three studies have found a marker in the same region of DNA that appears to raise the risk of lung cancer. But the researchers disagree on whether the gene involved directly causes lung cancer or does so by influencing how easily people get hooked on tobacco.
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.
Researchers engineer drought-resistant plants
jane2007 submitted, created time 10 months 1 week (www.nature.com)
Researchers have created drought-resistant tobacco plants by transgene, which can withstand prolonged dry periods and thrive on 70% less water than ordinary tobacco plants.
The ban tobacco advertising will over by 2011in China
saury submitted, created time 1 year 1 month (www.reutershealth.com)
Chinese media reported on Tuesday, that China, the world's biggest cigarette producer and consumer, will ban all tobacco advertising by 2011.
Second-hand smoke a 'killer at large'
athena submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.chinadaily.com.cn)
As many as 540 million Chinese are exposed to second-hand smoke (SHS), of which 180 million are under the age of 15, says a national tobacco control report released yesterday.
Women and children are most vulnerable to SHS with the smoking rate among men reaching 57 percent. What's worse, a whopping 90 percent of the women are exposed to SHS at home.
julie submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (aje.oxfordjournals.org)
"Preventive efforts to encourage current smokers to quit are likely to be the most effective way to reduce the incidence of laryngeal cancer in this region. "
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