Smoking Today More Dangerous Than in the Past

According to a professor from UCSD Med School in San Diego, the dangers of smoking have increased, and it is more risky to smoke today than it was in the 1960's. Professor emeritus David Burns led the study, where lung cancer death rates were compared over time. The study found that over the past 40 years, the risk of dying from lung cancer has doubled. One of the reasons for this is the use of filtered cigarettes....

Effects of Smoking During Pregnancy

A new study has shown that smoking during pregnancy does not effect physical and cognitive development in the way it has been thought to. The study suggests that smoking affects the child's birth weight and their risks of becoming overweight but causes no direct harm to other aspects of the child. A U.S. study in the 1960's tracked 53,000 children, the children of smoking mothers were much more at risk of having a...

Tobacco Preventing Cancer?

We usually associate tobacco with being a cause for cancer rather than a solution or a cure. Arizona scientists would tell you differently, they think that tobacco plants may hold the key to developing a cancer vaccine that is personalized and possibly the cure for many other diseases. The field of plant-based biotechnology is growing at fast paced rate and this type of cancer treatment is gaining so much interest that even...

Lungs Natural Protective Response to Smoke Blocked...

Frequently lung infections occur and they can go undetected. The lungs have a natural protective response system to tobacco smoke, claim researchers at National Jewish Health. These findings have been published online and have appeared in magazines in October of last year. There is a certain mechanism that can cause smokers to acquire chronic pulmonary obstructive disease. Brian Day, senior author on the study and Professor...

Smoking Doubles the Risk of Stroke for Young Women

According to a new study young women who are smokers have double the chance of getting a stroke as their peers who do not smoke. The risk becomes bigger the more cigarettes a woman smokes a day. The study was published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Women 15 to 49 were studied. It was found that women who smoke one to 10 cigarettes a day increased their risk of stroke 2.2 times; those smoking 21 to 39...

Smoking can Cause Hearing Loss

According to a new study, smokers who weigh more have a greater chance of losing their hearing. This study goes on to say that loss of hearing can cause a person to become depressed and they may experience financial losses. Hearing loss is usually attributed to repeatedly being exposed to loud noises. However, Antwerp University released a study which proved that obesity and smoking are also huge factors in hearing...