If you are a smoker who just doesn't want to quit, then you are subjecting yourself to a shorter life span than average. By continuing to smoke, you have a greater chance of losing 10 years off your life, time that could be spent with your loved ones. You also subject yourself to a general decline in health during those last years of your life while you are afflicted with … [Read more...] about On Average 10 Year Decrease in Life Expectancy for Smokers
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Smoking-Related Illnesses Come with Significant Costs
Nicotine dependence is the physical vulnerability to the chemical nicotine, which is potently addicting when delivered by various tobacco products. Smoke from cigarettes, cigars and pipes contains thousands of chemicals, including nicotine. Being addicted to tobacco brings a host of health problems related to the substances in tobacco smoke. These effects include damage … [Read more...] about Smoking-Related Illnesses Come with Significant Costs
Smoking May Trigger Depression in Women
Smoking is widely known to damage the body but new Australian research suggests the addictive habit could be taking a toll on the mind too. A study of more than a thousand women has found that females who smoke are more likely to develop major depression. Heavy smokers - those who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day - have almost double the risk of developing diagnosable … [Read more...] about Smoking May Trigger Depression in Women
Since 1878 Reports Confirmed Smoking Was a Health Hazard
1878: Eighty-six years before the U.S. surgeon general issues a report confirming the dangers of smoking tobacco, a letter from English physician Charles R. Drysdale condemning its use appears in The Times of London. Drysdale, the senior physician to the Metropolitan Free Hospital in London, had already published a book on this subject titled Tobacco and the Diseases It … [Read more...] about Since 1878 Reports Confirmed Smoking Was a Health Hazard
Toenails Reveal All
Your toes tell it all, ladies. Toenail clippings can provide evidence of tobacco exposure and help explain the risk of heart disease, at least in women, according to a unique study from the University of California-San Diego and Harvard University. The medical researchers examined levels of nicotine in toenails of 905 women who were diagnosed with coronary heart disease … [Read more...] about Toenails Reveal All
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