It's never too late to quit smoking. According to the American Cancer Society, about half of all smokers who keep smoking will die from a smoking-related disease. Quitting has immediate health benefits.
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There are more than 400,000 tobacco-related deaths annually in the U.S. Health statistics estimate about 3,000 teenagers try and then... Read more »
There's a smoking ban in France that kicked in January 1st, 2008. Can you believe it? I don't think I can quite grasp the enormity of... Read more »
Smokers used to take a back seat to NO ONE unless that was where the ashtray was. We were first class citizens and all you healthy people... Read more »
My mom was a clothes horse. While a former buyer for women’s wear at a major department store and then an owner of a fabric store, she... Read more »
A joint US-China study concluded that exposure to second-hand smoke increased the risk of osteoporosis in pre-menopausal women by a factor of three.... Read more »
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Smoking Cessation
While a person is using nicotine-containing products, the body and brain adapt the way they function to compensate for the effects of the nicotine.... Read more »
Women who survive breast cancer and continue to smoke are more likely to develop cancer again, research suggests. A fifteen-year study found that the... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Overview:Smoking kills more than 5 million people a year worldwide, accounting for 1 out of every 10 adult deaths, according to the World Health... Read more »
The impact of smoking on cancer has been widely promoted, but its relationship to vascular disease is less known by the public. Veins and arteries... Read more »