Sentences with phrase «smoking led to early death»

Two studies presented at the Biology of Genomes meeting in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, last week show how human genomes have changed over centuries or decades, charting how since Roman times the British have evolved to be taller and fairer, and how just in the last generation a gene that favors cigarette smoking led to early death in some groups.

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However, scientists suspect these studies do not reflect the true effect of BMI on health, because early stages of illness, health - damaging behaviours, such as cigarette smoking, and other factors can lead to both lower BMI and increased risk of death.

Recent research has shown that lung CT screening of smokers with smoking histories of at least 30 - pack years can lead to early detection of lung cancer and reduce deaths by 20 percent.

-- Special rates are offered and available for those who does not smoke, clients with good health history such as people without history of low blood pressure, low cholesterol, cancers, no genetically - induced cases leading to early death, and no substance abuse.