Posts Tagged ‘Emphysema’

13
Jan

How To Quit Smoking and Live To Talk About It

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Trying to quit smoking ? Here's a hint: Patches and gum don't help much. The good news, though, is that plenty of people have done it -- without even having to die of lung cancer or pancreatic cancer or emphysema first.

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17
Nov

Quit tip: Smoking can age your looks

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About 46 million Americans still smoke tobacco, according to the American Cancer Society, even though smoking is the leading cause of emphysema and lung cancer, and a primary cause of cancers of the throat, mouth and esophagus.

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17
Nov

Quit tip: Smoking can age your looks

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About 46 million Americans still smoke tobacco, according to the American Cancer Society, even though smoking is the leading cause of emphysema and lung cancer, and a primary cause of cancers of the throat, mouth and esophagus.

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17
Nov

It’s a great day to quit smoking — or not start

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MOST SMOKERS don’t need anyone to tell them why they should quit. They already know. They know that smoking leads to lung cancer and emphysema and stroke and heart disease and asthma. It causes premature birth during pregnancy and low birth-weight babies. It leaves you impotent and makes your breath stink and fingernails yellow. And if you have friends who let you smoke around them, it passes ...

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OTTAWA — Cases of chronic bronchitis and emphysema — smoking-related illnesses that kill thousands each year — have increased by almost two-thirds in the last decade, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at Ontario's Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.[...]

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OTTAWA — Cases of chronic bronchitis and emphysema — smoking-related illnesses that kill thousands each year — have increased by almost two-thirds in the last decade, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at Ontario's Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.[...]

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23
Mar

Huge increase in smoking related illnesses (The Sault Star)

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OTTAWA — Cases of chronic bronchitis and emphysema — smoking-related illnesses that kill thousands each year — have increased by almost two-thirds in the last decade, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at Ontario's Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.[...]

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22
Mar

Study: Huge increase in smoking-related disease (CNews)

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Cases of chronic bronchitis and emphysema smoking-related illnesses that kill thousands each year have increased by almost two-thirds in the last decade, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at Ontario's Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.

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Cases of chronic bronchitis and emphysema — smoking-related illnesses that kill thousands each year — have increased by almost two-thirds in the last decade, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at Ontario’s Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.

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If you thought it was only cigarettes that were dangerous to smoke, think again: People who smoke cigars or pipes have a heightened risk of airway damage that could put them on a path toward emphysema and other diseases, a new study finds.

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