Finding Reasons for Smoking Relapse after Pregnanc...

Many women are able to quit smoking while they are pregnant. However, for nearly half the habit returns within a few months of giving birth to their children. A study has been done at the University of North Carolina to shed light on why the other half is able to stay smoke free for good. The research shows that women who had a partner to help them take care of the child after it was born were more likely to quit smoking for...

Canadian Women Smoking More

The number of women smoking in Canada is rising. In 2005, 14% of women were lighting up daily, now more than 18% of women are having a daily puff. The Regional Chief of Staff for the Central RHA, Denis Fortier, is disappointed with these new results because it shows that only a certain portion of society is being affected. He also stated that he was not surprised, he sees many women in his vicinity smoking, as have his...

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...

Certain Genes Cause Lifetime Smoking Habits

For many individuals their first drag of a cigarette is an unpleasant experience where they cough and get nauseated. On the other hand, there are others who feel pleasure when they take their first puff. The ones that enjoy their first drag are probably bear a gene that causes them to become addicted and increases their risk of getting lung cancer. Ovide Pomerleau of the University of Michigan Medical School said, "If...