Category Archives: Smoking Effects
How To Quit Smoking? Think About Smoking
New science now suggests that the worst thing smokers can do is try not to think about cigarettes. Banishing cigarettes and matches and ashtrays from your neurons may lead temporarily to less smoking, but the banished thoughts quickly rebound — nudging smokers to light up even more than they do usually. The research is from the University of London. Psychological … Continue reading
Smoking Linked to More Aggressive Prostate Cancer
TUESDAY, June 21, 2011 — Men with prostate cancer who are cigarette smokers at the time of their diagnosis are much more likely to die of the disease or experience a recurrence than nonsmokers, including former smokers who kicked the habit at least 10 years before diagnosis. That’s the conclusion of a new government-funded study published this week in the … Continue reading
Smoking in Pregnancy Cuts Child’s Good Cholesterol
Mothers who smoke while pregnant are causing changes to their unborn babies that can lead them to have less of a type of cholesterol known to protect against heart disease, scientists said on Tuesday. In a study in the European Heart Journal, Australian researchers found that by the age of eight, children born to mothers who smoked in pregnancy had … Continue reading
Effects of Secondhand Smoke
By now, it’s become very clear that smoking is bad for your health. The government, American Lung Association, and a variety of other health organizations have launched campaign after campaign to illustrate the grim repercussions (from lung cancer to heart disease) of lighting up and to encourage Americans to kick the habit. What may be less obvious is the effect … Continue reading
Electronic Cigarette Dangers and Side Effects
Electronic Cigarettes are battery operated devices that have been developed as an alternative to normal cigarettes. These are made up of a heater, a battery and a cartridge that contains a solution of propylene glycol, nicotine and some other chemicals. It gives a smoker the apparent effect of nicotine intake without delivering the toxic elements like Tobacco, Carbon Monoxide and … Continue reading
The Effects Of Smoking
What are the effects of smoking? The effects of smoking include a range of adverse health conditions including lung cancer, heart disease, and respiratory illnesses such as shortness of breath. Smoking also affects daily lives and relationships in subtle ways. Some include the bad smell, tainted breath, and nicotine stained teeth distance friends and family (my wife refused to kiss … Continue reading
The Health Consequences of Smoking
When your parents were young, people could buy cigarettes and smoke pretty much anywhere — even in hospitals! Ads for cigarettes were all over the place. Today we’re more aware about how bad smoking is for our health. Smoking is restricted or banned in almost all public places and cigarette companies are no longer allowed to advertise on TV, radio, … Continue reading
Exposure to Cigarettes Fosters Tween Smoking
Exposure to secondhand smoke can create symptoms of nicotine dependence in non-smoking preteens, according to a new study from Concordia University and the University of Montreal. Published in the Oxford journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, the study also found that tweens who repeatedly observe a parent, sibling, friend or neighbor consuming cigarettes are more likely to light up themselves as … Continue reading
Mouse Study Reveals How Smoking Helps Keep People Thin
The notion that smoking somehow helps keep smokers thin has gotten new support from a study in mice — and the finding might one day be parlayed into new drugs to control weight gain. It’s always a leap to extrapolate from animal experiments, one expert said, but this new research does open up interesting possibilities. “Humans have basically the receptors … Continue reading
The Skinny On Smoking: Why Nicotine Curbs Appetite
Scientists say they have finally figured out how smoking helps people keep off extra pounds. It turns out that nicotine activates a pathway in the brain that suppresses appetite, according to a study in the journal Science. This discovery should lead to better diet drugs, the researchers say. The finding comes after decades of research showing that smokers tend to … Continue reading
