Genes and Nicotine Addiction Among Teens

Teenagers that start smoking under the age of 17 and have certain genetic variations are more likely to be addicted to smoking for the rest of their lives. A study done in the United States has found that European-Americans who start smoking when they are young are more likely to face long-term nicotine addiction and this is dependant on whether they carry a certain gene cluster or genetic variation. According to various...

Mobile Phones are Proving to be More Dangerous tha...

There has been a huge rise of tumors caused by cell phone use and even an award winning Neurosurgeon is warning of the risks. Cancer-expert and Neurosurgeon Dr. Vini Khurana recently did a study on the harmful effects of cell phone use and he has concluded that cell phones could become the number one killer of people, coming in ahead of smoking and asbestos. Dr. Khurana is urgently warning governments and the mobile phone...

Battle of the Sexes; Are Women More at Risk of Lun...

For some time now, it has been thought that women are more likely to get lung cancer from smoking than men. Recently the National Cancer Institute has released a study where 450,000 people were examined and no difference was found between the genders. The smoking habits, diet, exercise and alcohol use for 279, 214 men and 184, 623 women between the ages of 50 and 71 from eight states were examined. After which lung cancer...

Heart Attacks on the Decline after Smoking Bans in...

On the positive side of the smoking bans, the number of cardiac arrest cases has seen a sharp decline since smoking in public places was banned in the UK. Some hospitals have seen the number of cases nearly halved with some of them reporting a decline of about 41% since the ban was brought into effect in July. Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy have also seen similar trends. Many people are saying that the cause for this...

Tobacco and Alcohol use is Declining Among Swiss T...

In Switzerland teens are using far less alcohol and tobacco than they used to four years ago. However, use of hard drugs is on the rise according to a recently published survey. The study was conducted among nearly 8,000 students from the age of 13 to 16. Nearly 30 percent of the students had used tobacco at least a month before the survey, which was a drop from 34 percent in the previously conducted survey. Cannabis use had...

Dry Fruit Sales Increase as Cigarette Sales Decrea...

As cigarette bans in enclosed areas spread around the world people are faced with the new challenge of getting through a day of work without their nicotine fix. There are many substances, which help quite cigarette cravings, but dry fruits are becoming a favorite replacement. In Turkey, cigarette bans came into effect near the end of May and this caused a rise in those who wanted to quit smoking. Medical and dry fruit sectors...