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What are the ill effects of smoking cigarettes?
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI/ATK): Studies have shown that cigarette smoke contains 7000+ chemicals which comprise arsenic, tar, nicotine, hydrogen cyanide, and more. These chemicals burn at around 1000 degrees Celsius. Besides, smokers ingest one cup of tar into their lungs everyd
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Carbon ultrafine particles accelerate lung cancer progression
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
While it may seem common knowledge that smoking is bad for your lungs, if and how ultrafine particles present in cigarette smoke impact the development and progression of lung cancer remains unclear. Working with animal models, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine sought to find how air
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Smoking, vaping have similar negative health impacts; dual product use may
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Two related studies, one in humans and the other in rats, found that the cardiovascular effects of cigarettes and e-cigarettes are strikingly similar, and these harmful effects on blood vessel function are likely caused by airway irritation due to inhalation of a foreign substance, rather th
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Harmful effects of vaping are comparable with smoking
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bristol [UK], April 11 (ANI): During a recent study, scientists from the tobacco company Imperial Brands utilised Toxys' ToxTracker suite of stem-cell-based in-vitro assays. This provided mechanistic insight into the potential DNA damaging properties of chemicals and compared the vape e-liqu
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Scientists compare harmful effects of vaping with smoking
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bristol [UK], April 9 (ANI): Scientists from the tobacco company Imperial Brands have utilised Toxys' ToxTracker suite of stem-cell-based in-vitro assays that provide a mechanistic insight into the potential DNA damaging properties of chemicals and compared the vape e-liquid samples and thei
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Study claims daily e-cigarette use can help quit smoking
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], March 10 (ANI): A new study published by King's College London highlights the 'clear benefit' of using e-cigarettes daily in order to quit smoking.
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Youth using e-cigarettes three times as likely to become daily cigarette s
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
California [US], January 11 (ANI): Starting tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, before the age of 18 is a major risk factor for people becoming daily cigarette smokers, suggests a new study.
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Light smokers may not escape nicotine addiction, study reveals
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI): Even people who consider themselves to be casual cigarette smokers may be addicted, according to current diagnostic criteria.
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Heavier smoking linked to skyrocketing health risks: Study
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
South Australia [Australia], Aug 8 (ANI): Each cigarette smoked a day by heavier smokers increases the risk of contracting some diseases by more than 30 per cent, according to a new international study.
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Third-hand smoke can convey hazardous chemicals in more ways: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 5 (ANI): Not just the ones who are smoking, or the time of smoking that can cause problems. People can carry hazardous compounds from cigarette smoke that cling to their bodies and clothes, the compounds of which are later released into non-smoking environments, ex
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E-cigarettes are popular among comparatively recent quitters, study sugges
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 4 (ANI): Vaping is common for those who left smoking tobacco within the past 5 years rather than for those who left a decade or more ago.
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How smoking affects breastfeeding habits
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 2 (ANI): New mothers who are surrounded by cigarette smoke tend to stop breastfeeding sooner than women not exposed to second-hand smoke, finds a study.
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