Every 6.5 seconds someone dies from tobacco use, says the World Health Organization. Research suggests that people who start smoking in their teens and continue for 2 decades or more will die 20-25 years earlier than those who never light up.
- Lung cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in the UK
- In 2006, around 39,000 people were diagnosed with lung cancer in the UK, that’s 107 people every day
- The link between tobacco and cancer was established more than 50 years ago.
- Smoking causes almost 90% of lung cancer deaths.
- In Britain, around 1 in 5 adults smoke cigarettes, that’s about 9.5 million people.
Leading medic Dr Stella Daskalopoulou claimed smoking just a few sneaky cigarettes could have a significant impact on the heart.Smoking also increases the build up of fat in the artery. Stiff and fatty arteries are a very risky combination for the heart!
"This was revealed very clearly when these young people were placed under physical stress, such as exercise."
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Amanda Sandford, of anti-smoking campaigners ASH, said: "This study adds to the growing body of evidence showing there is no safe level of smoking.
"Young adult smokers who say they smoke only 'socially' or 'occasionally' in the belief it is not doing them much harm should think again.
"Every single cigarette smoked adversely affects the heart and increases the chances of a fatal heart attack even among relatively young smokers."
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The letter, which was published at the time by Dr Duncon's employer, concluded that tobacco "is so hurtful and dangerous to youth...
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15.2% of the teen smokers they studied reported wheezing.
20.4% were wheezing after exercising.
Compare this to 8.5% and 10.7%, respectively, of non-smoking teens.
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Smokers had poorer lung function than non-smokers
"I will go so far as to say probably smoking had something to do with my pancreatic cancer..."An American doctor gave a similar warning the other day:
"We do know, however, that we see more pancreatic cancers in people who smoke and we see more pancreatic cancers in people who are overweight.
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But there is no question that if you want to do all you can to avoid developing a malignancy in the pancreas, do not smoke," Dr. Brown emphasized.
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“This whole venture has cost me £800 and if I remain off smoking it will be the best £800 I have ever spent. I would have spent that money in a few months on fags.”
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It is estimated that more than 78,000 children work on tobacco estates – some up to 12 hours a day, many for less than 1p an hour and without protective clothing.Green tobacco sickness is a kind of poisoning that happens when you come into contact with wet tobacco leaves. Your skin absorbs the nicotine from the leaves. Think how at risk these kids are with no protective clothing on.
The children reported common symptoms ofgreen tobacco sickness (GTS), or nicotine poisoning, including severe headaches, abdominal pain, muscle weakness, coughing and breathlessness.
Everyday symptoms of GTS are more severe in children than adults as they have not built up a tolerance to nicotine through smoking and because of their physical size.
These children are risking their health for 11p a day.
Full article @ The Guardian.co.uk
A new study confirms what has already been likely known to most smokers - cigarettes lessen taste buds' abilities over time.
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A 36-year-old man is accused of hitting another man who refused to share a cigarette at a Salt Lake City bus stop.We think it might've looked something like this:
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The man declined to give away a cigarette. The man who had asked for the cigarette then punched the other man in the face and ripped the cigarette he was smoking out of his mouth, charges state.
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Raw tobacco and snuff do not produce smoke that can be inhaled but one pinch of such substances is enough for exposing the user to a bunch of harmful chemicals. It was found that the harmful effects of a pinch are equivalent to smoke from five cigarettes.Nearly 30 cancer causing chemicals were found in smokeless tobacco, and their effects aren't pretty.
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