Even 6 months later, nonsmokers who frequented the casino encountered more thirdhand
smoke than nonsmokers who live in homes previously inhabited by smokers, the researchers report today in the journal Tobacco Control.
«The casino was much more polluted with thirdhand
smoke than any nonsmoker home we have examined to date,» Matt said.
Not exact matches
If you
smoke, here's a huge reason to stop before you get pregnant: Babies born to women who
smoked during pregnancy die from SIDS three times more often
than babies born to
nonsmokers.
Now researchers have reported that an advanced degree of coronary atherosclerosis is more common in cigarette smokers
than in
nonsmokers, and that it increases with the amount of
smoking.»
Smokers face more
than twice a
nonsmoker's risk of pancreatic cancer, and even though
smoking has slumped in the U.S., there is a 30 - to 40 - year lag time before we see a corresponding drop in cancer rates.
Compared with
nonsmokers, smokers» odds of getting the disease ranged from more
than four times higher for those who
smoked a daily pack for less
than 20 years in a row, to nearly 70 times higher for those who did so for 80 years or more.
Reviews of clinical trials on hypnosis have concluded that the evidence of its effectiveness for
smoking cessation is insufficient, but other research shows promise: The preliminary results from a small 2007 study of smokers hospitalized with cardiopulmonary diseases showed that the patients who chose to participate in a hypnotherapy session were more likely to be
nonsmokers six months later
than patients who chose nicotinereplacement therapy (NRT) alone.
Smokers were 30 % more likely
than nonsmokers to have taken 10 to 24 sick days in the previous year, and
smoking put an even greater dent in productivity
than obesity, according to the study, which appears in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
The researchers used blood levels of cotinine, a byproduct of nicotine, as a marker for secondhand
smoke exposure in more
than 20,000
nonsmokers.
Cigar and pipe smokers who
smoke cigarettes (or used to) are at even greater risk; those smokers were nearly 3.5 times more likely
than nonsmokers to have decreased lung function.
In response to the study, the e-cigarette industry group the American Vaping Association said this new research «adds to the growing body of evidence that youth smokers and those seeking to quit
smoking are much more likely
than nonsmokers to use vapor products beyond mere experimentation.
Rates for tobacco users is substantially higher
than any
nonsmoker, so getting covered before you ever start
smoking is a very good idea.