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Cancer risk due to Chronic Acid Reflux

...the risk of laryngeal cancer was 6-times higher in smokers than their non-smoking counterparts. The improper closure of the esophagus results in leakage of stomach acids into it. This leads to GERD. This is in turn associated with a disorder called Barrett’s esophagus can result in esophageal cancer. As ...

Hooked on the Hookah, a’int no good

.../ A Georgetown University researcher has said that smokers who use the hookah , are under the impression , th...ompared to the typical cigarette smoker, waterpipe smokers are exposed to larger total amounts of nicotine, carbon monoxide and certain other toxins." "And b...

Teen Smoking Cessation Programs Improve Quit Rates

Smoking cessation programs geared to teen smokers are effective, a new review of studies has found. ...ttempt to quit on their own. 'Most teens who are smokers do want to quit, but they need a lot of help, just as adults do,' said lead author Steve Sussman, Ph...

Chronic Diseases Rampant In Rural India

...f adults have high blood pressure, one quarter are smokers and abut the same proportion are overweight. We also know that the management of these risks remains poor," Dr Joshi added. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for more than 16 million deaths annually. The majo...

World's 3 out of 10 Cigarettes Smoked in China

...in China. More than 300 million men in China are smokers - more than the current population of Duke's home ...first time, she said, there were record numbers of smokers in China who had kicked the habit. "For the first time, there are some ex-smokers," she said. "Tha...

No-smoking laws may reduce Heart attacks

...t disease due to passive smoking.The percentage of smokers in the working-class is 22.6 in Pueblo and an average of 18.6, statewide. "Adopting a non-smoking ordinance has the potential to rapidly improve the cardiovascular health of a community," Bartecchi said in a statement.In Pueblo, there is a ban on s...

Menthol cigarettes harder to quit than regular cigarettes

...hives of Internal Medicine.Nearly 70% of the black smokers go for menthol cigarettes like Kool or Newport in comparison to 30% of the white smokers due to several historical and cultural reasons, according to the study. This finding and the difficu...

Researchers Locate Genetic Link for Nicotine Dependence Among African Americans

... the largest sample collection of African-American smokers throughout the world. Their results revealed a region on chromosome 10 that showed a significant linkage to smoking quantity and other measures of smoking dependence. They also identified three other regions that met the criteria for linkage to at le...

Georgetown University Heads Alternative Tobacco Project

...ch, he said. They also will provide information to smokers so that they can make more informed choices. "Som...individual smoker," Shields said. "A lot of former smokers who still crave nicotine may start to use these new cigarette products or smokeless tobacco. Current...

Smokers May be at Greater Risk of HIV Infection

...becoming HIV positive. Five of them concluded that smokers ran a greater risk of this varying from around 60%... progression to AIDS, nine of them concluding that smokers were not at increased risk. “The consistency of the findings is striking and represents a major st...

80% of lung disease remains ‘undiagnosed’..

... the number of cigarettes smoked were higher among smokers with the disease than smokers not affected by it, according to the study. However, smokers with COPD had no intention of quitting ...

Carbon Monoxide May Treat Pre-Eclampsia

...blood pressure. // In the study, scientists said smokers were found to have a lesser risk of pre-eclampsia. But they added that any potential treatments involving carbon monoxide were still some years away. RAS...

Mental Health Units Should not be Exempt from Smoking Ban

...y are more likely to be heavier and more dependent smokers than the general population, they write. As a result, people with mental health problems are at a substantially greater risk of premature death from smoking related diseases than is seen in the general population. This is particularly important gi...

Smoking Ban should Include Mental Health Units

...y are more likely to be heavier and more dependent smokers than the general population, they write. As a result, people with mental health problems are at a substantially greater risk of premature death from smoking related diseases than is seen in the general population. This is particularly important gi...

Tobacco Increases The Risk Of Heart Attack

... cent for every daily cigarette smoked. Even light smokers and people who chewed tobacco had doubled risk. Passive smokers exposed to 21 hours a week of second hand smoke had a heart attack risk of 62%, while people exposed...

US Courts Say No To 'Light' Cigarettes

...industry to fund billion-dollar programmes to help smokers quit - a key demand in the case brought by the US Justice Department against Philip Morris USA, a subsidiary of Altria Group Inc. Kessler did side with the government in its claim that low-tar cigarettes could not be considered healthier alternativ...

Tobacco in all forms harmful for heart

...5.6 per cent for every daily cigarette. Even light smokers who quit have a little extra risk of heart attacks...years after quitting, the researchers said. Heavy smokers who quit see a rapid decrease in heart attack risk, but still have some extra risk even 20 years aft...

Studies Find Connection Between Acid Reflux And Esophageal Cancer

... is similar to the risk of lung cancer among heavy smokers or of liver cancer among chronic hepatitis-B virus carriers. In order to prevent the progression, it may be necessary to increase treatment with proton pump inhibitors in patients with Barrett's Esophagus, the authors write. "Elucidating the pathw...

Imaging study affords renewed thrust on smoking cessation treatments

...s NIDA Director Dr. Nora D. Volkow. "Although many smokers endorse a desire to quit, very few are able to do ...emission tomography (PET) to scan the brains of 11 smokers and assess nicotine distribution there. During the scanning sessions, the participants smoked one of...

Nurses Can Play Big Role In Helping Patients Quit Smoking

...acco dependence. For example, one study found that smokers who received tobacco cessation information from th...es were nearly 50 percent more likely to quit than smokers with no nursing intervention. The report also notes that nurses often care for underserved people, w...

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