A new study has highlighted another adverse effect of smoking habit in women. The study has warned those women who have smoked a pack a day for the last 10 years against breast cancer risk. According to the researchers, these women have a 60 percent higher risk of developing a common type of breast cancer known as estrogen receptor positive breast cancer. The study was published in the … [Read more...]
E-Cigarettes are Illegal – Britain to Bann Electronic Cigarettes to Under 18
Amid the US government mulling to have stringent anti-smoking laws to check use of electronic cigarettes among teenagers and adults, the UK government has moved a step ahead in checking its use among under-18s. The chief medical officer (CMO) banned the selling of electronic cigarettes to under-18s, warning that they could be extremely damaging to their health. Breaking of the law would … [Read more...]
Stop-smoking battle, struggling even after a half century
About 50 years ago, on Jan. 11, 1964 the surgeon general declared the health perils connected to smoking. Despite the laws, advertising bans, warning labels, hazards and price the number of people who smoke hasn’t decreased. The report "Smoking and Health" states ingenuously that smoking cigarettes originates lung cancer, stroke and is also associated to other hazardous diseases which are … [Read more...]
Number of world smokers growing significantly
Even though the global smoking rate has declined since 1980, the total number of world smokers has grown significantly. The revelation has been made in a study published online in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. Researchers have found that the total number of smokers around the world with a pack-a-day habit has increased significantly. At a time when global smoking rate declined … [Read more...]