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70,000 Vietnamese people can die from cigarette smoke
With 15 million smokers and more than 4 million pipe smokers, Vietnam is in the
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Tobacco can alter fetal DNA
Women who smoke during pregnancy may increase their risk of altering their DNA, making them more susceptible to disease than other children.
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'Scary tobacco than the disease of the century'
Each year, Vietnam has about 40,000 tobacco-related deaths, while the number of deaths due to HIV / AIDS accumulated until March 2008 is only about this number.
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Smokecheck program helps Australian aborigines quit smoking
The training program, initiated at the University of Sydney, Australia, aims to reduce the smoking rate among Aboriginal communities, and has trained 1,000 native health…
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Smoking at hunger is more dangerous than usual
The toxicity of tobacco becomes very high if people smoke early in the morning, when they have not eaten or eaten anything.
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Cigarettes attack the gene in just a few minutes
In just a few minutes smoking can cause genetic diseases, related to cancer. This finding by American scientists is a warning for people who are intending to smoke.
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Tobacco reduces intelligence
Smokers have a lower IQ than non-smokers and the longer the smoking time, the more deteriorated the human mind is.
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Controversy about the safety of electronic cigarettes
Battery-powered tobacco products sparked a lot of controversy in the US about its safety for users.
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Mint smokers are harder to quit
Tobacco containing peppermint essential oil makes it harder to quit smoking than regular cigarettes. The conclusion was made by scientists from Penn State, Miami, Califo…
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Detect 3000 more toxic substances in cigarette smoke
The Chief Surgeon's Office (*) of the US Department of Health and Human Services has just released on December 9 the General Report, stating the latest evidence on cigar…
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Electronic cigarettes are at risk for health
E-cigarettes, which are increasingly used in the world, are believed to be unsafe and pose a risk to health.
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Do not use any tobacco products
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), non-smoking tobacco products (dry powder tobacco or chewing tobacco) should not be used as a substitute for convention…
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Cigarette smoke will inhibit anti-inflammatory enzymes
US scientists say cigarette smoke inhibits an important respiratory organ enzyme that plays a role in controlling the immune mechanism.
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Thousands of American children have been poisoned by tobacco
Every year in the United States, thousands of children are accidentally poisoned by tobacco products.
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Cigarettes are harder to quit than drugs
Smoking cessation is harder than quitting heroin, a leading Australian researcher has confirmed.