Should a Nonsmoker Wear a Patch?
2012-01-12
In the future, we may all be wearing nicotine patches, even though we are NOT trying to quit smoking, because using a nicotine patch may help improve mild memory loss in older adults.
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Smoking Makes You Feel Sexy
2011-11-01
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Why do some older women smoke (when they surely know better by now)? It may make them feel sexy: a recent study discovered that postmenopausal women who smoke have higher androgen and estrogen levels than non-smoking women, with sex hormone levels being highest in heavy smokers.
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Another Danger of Smoking: Cigarettes are Radioactive
2011-09-30
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This was kept as a deep, dark secret for almost 40 years, from its discovery in 1959 through 1998, when it was revealed as part of a legal settlement. According to a new study, tobacco companies knew that cigarette smoke contained radioactive alpha particles for more than four decades and developed "deep and intimate" knowledge of these particles’ cancer-causing potential, but they deliberately kept their findings from the public.
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Millions of Cancer Cases Coming to Asia
2011-06-27
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And we’re not just talking about power plant meltdowns in Japan! In the US, your tattoo is a time bomb, but in Asia (especially China) it’s either smoking (there will be an epidemic of lung cancer and emphysema there in 20 years) or–and this is a surprise–a disease caused from exposure to asbestos called mesothelioma.
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