Category Archives: Smoking Effects
Assessing the Consequences of Smoking
The physical and medical consequences of smoking are numerous, and the extent and seriousness of smoking-related illness are shocking. More than 450,000 Americans die each year as a result of smoking. Between 3,000 and 5,000 more die as a result of exposure to smoke in the environment (known as secondhand smoke). Smokers get sick and die at younger ages than … Continue reading
Smoking and Its Effects
Why people start to smoke Most smokers start smoking when they are teenagers. In the ‘olden days’ when your parents and grandparents were teenagers, people started smoking because: – their friends smoked. – they thought smoking was the ‘grown up’ thing to do. – their heroes smoked, including many sports stars. – tobacco advertising in films, magazines, TV, sports and … Continue reading
Paternal Smoking Linked to Menopause Age in Daughters
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – If men smoke when their partners are pregnant, their daughters may end up reaching menopause about a year earlier than their peers, according to a study. Previous research has found that a woman’s own smoking habits, as well as those of her partner, may also have an impact on her fertility and may precipitate the … Continue reading
Tobacco-related cancer cases rising in Kolkata
Kolkata: Tobacco-induced cancer cases are on the rise in the West Bengal capital, growing at over seven per cent in the past 10 years, according to a recent study. The study, conducted by the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer Research Institute here, said that in 2001, 13.4 per cent of all cancer-induced patients were tobacco takers in Kolkata city areas. … Continue reading
How does smoking affect health?
Risk factors Smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease, says the World Health Organisation. According to their figures, it is responsible for approximately five million deaths worldwide every year. Tobacco smoking is a known or probable cause of approximately 25 diseases, and even the WHO says that its impact on world health is not … Continue reading
Smoking Physical Effects on Your Looks
In 1985, the term “smoker’s face” was added to the medical dictionary, meaning that there is a definite difference visually in a smokers face compared to a non-smoker. Unfortunately, a smoker has way more things than a few wrinkles or lines to worry about. Your Skin Texture. Smoking reduces the production of collagen and elastin up to 40%, some reports … Continue reading
Harmful Effects of Smoking
Smoking isn’t good for one’s body. Especially if you’ve been smoking a pack a day, and for a long period of time. But what is the full extent of the effects of smoking on your body? The effects of smoking varies from person to person as it will depend on the person’s vulnerability to the chemical in cigarette or tobacco … Continue reading
Hazards of Secondhand Smoke
Smoke is produced from to main places in a cigarette. Firstly, the tip of the cigarette is the one from where smoke released. Secondly, the hot smoke releases through the cigarette and its filter from the remaining part of the cigarette. Secondhand smoke belongs to the class of carcinogens. Secondhand smoke contains a high amount of carcinogen. As the secondhand … Continue reading
Smoking Linked To Advanced Kidney Cancer
Two new studies that further examine the links between cigarette smoking and urologic cancers were presented to reporters during a special press conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on May 15, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. during the 106th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA). The session will be moderated by Toby Kohler, MD. Cigarette Smoking … Continue reading
Face Up to How Smoking Affects You
In an effort to encourage smokers to quit and young people not to start, the Canadian Lung Association is offering the use of an online tool so people can face up to the harmful effects of smoking. “You can’t always see how smoking affects your entire body, but this online tool allows you to see how smoking could affect your … Continue reading
