The Lung Cancer You Don’t Feel
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women (not counting skin cancer), and is by far the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women. Each year more people die of lung cancer than colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined. One reason...
About those e-cigs
Don’t be misled by article just came out this morning in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Study of cancer-causing toxins finds e-cigarettes much safer than smoking This can lead one to think that e-cigs are a healthy alternative. And at first, it’s a bit of a no brainer. Let’s say...
Teenagers Without Brains
Get this … a new study showed that more and more teenagers don’t think heavy cigarette smoking is a high-risk activity. So. Sucking in benzene?? … and tar?? … and formaldehyde?? is not seen as a high risk activity?? Really?? I know, I know … their brains have not...
Smoking explains why Americans don’t live longer | Reuters
(Reuters) – Smoking and, to a smaller degree, obesity explain why Americans do not live as long as the French or Japanese, U.S. experts reported on Tuesday. Even though just 20 percent of Americans smoke now, more than 40 percent of U.S. adults smoked in 1960 and the population...