Mortality and morbidity from coronary heart disease attributable
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This study estimates CHD mortality and morbidity attributable to passive smoking in Germany and demonstrates variations in the number of estimated deaths depending on underlying assumptions…Conclusion: The estimated burden of passive…
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Meta-analysis of studies of passive smoking and lung cancer
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Background To calculate a pooled estimate of relative risk (RR) of lung cancer associated with exposure to passive smoking in never smoking women exposed to smoking spouses. This study is an updated meta-analysis that also assesses the …
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Stop Smoking or Stop Breathing
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Smoking is a serious problem for our modern society, very few smokers accept quit smoking help, as they don’t see the effects that cigars and cigarettes have on their heath.
Statistics confirm that more that four million peoples die every year because of smoking, this means that every 8 seconds somebody dies from nicotine diseases. Breaking […]
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Quit Smoking and Weight Gain
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To stop smoking is challenge enough but some smokers’ apprehension the possibility of gaining weight. About 80% of smokers put on weight when they quit. Women typically gain between 3 kilograms and 5.5 kilograms in the first year after stopping, while men tend to gain less. Study shows that in the long term, the average […]
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Are You Having Trouble Quitting Smoking?
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About six months ago I finally stopped choking down cancer sticks once and for all, after being a smoker for more than fifteen years. I learned a few things in the process of quitting that I know can help other people quit as well.
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Nicotine’s role in quitting smoking why is so hard to quit.
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Nicotine is an addictive drug which prohibits a lot smokers from quitting. Learn what to expect when you quit smoking.
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Smoking and Pregnancy
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In the United States more than 20 percent of women smoke and many of these women smoke while pregnant. Smoking can harm a woman’s health and smoking during pregnancy can lead to pregnancy complications and serious health problems in newborns.
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Smokers Health Problems
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Ever had the habit? What you need to know about screening tests for lung diseases.
Although people 60 and older smoke less than other age groups, they are more likely than younger people to have smoked before. Unfortunately, once you quit, your risk of cigarette-linked health problems, although reduced, don’t totally disappear. That’s why former smokers […]
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