If you are wondering what symptoms of lung cancer might feel like, here is a list to look out for if you are a smoker or ex smoker. Shoulder or upper back pain: Pain in the shoulder or upper back is a often unnoticed lung cancer symptom. The pain results from a tumor pressing on the lining of the lungs. Swelling of the face and neck is also a lung cancer symptom: Tumors … [Read more...] about 5 Lung Cancer Symptoms Most People Don’t Know About
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Barb Tarbox: A Life Cut Short by Tobacco
In September 2002 Barb Tarbox was diagnosed with incurable lung (stage IV) and brain cancer at the age of 41. She smoked two packs of cigarettes a day since the tender age of 11. She smoked for 30 years, totaling a 60 pack-year smoking history. She died May 18, 2003 after speaking to more than 50,000 students about the dangers of smoking. View a fifteen minute video … [Read more...] about Barb Tarbox: A Life Cut Short by Tobacco
Link Between Smoking and AMD (Age-Related Macular Degeneration)
The link between smoking and AMD (age-related macular degeneration) is now as robust as the link between smoking and lung cancer, yet few people are aware of the link or even of AMD. AMD is the UK's leading cause of sight loss - there are around 500,000 people in the UK with AMD - and an estimated 54,000 people have the condition as a result of smoking. Pauline Edwards, … [Read more...] about Link Between Smoking and AMD (Age-Related Macular Degeneration)
Cigarette Ingredients and Composition
Cigarettes look deceptively simple, consisting of paper tubes containing chopped up tobacco leaf, usually with a filter at the mouth end. In fact, they are highly engineered products, designed to deliver a steady dose of nicotine. Cigarette tobacco is blended from two main leaf varieties: yellowish 'bright', also known as Virginia where it was originally grown, contains … [Read more...] about Cigarette Ingredients and Composition
Fifty-Eight Pack Years
This professor has smoked approximately 21,098 packs of cigarettes up to age seventy. That is approximately one pack per day for fifty-eight years. Lungs can recover some of the previous healthy appearance and normal function, depending upon how long and how much the person has smoked. Of course, the more one smokes, the lower the chances are for recovery. Medical … [Read more...] about Fifty-Eight Pack Years
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