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There are thousands of chemical compounds in cigarette smoke, many of them toxic. But simply displaying a long list of intimidating names, and even pointing out which are harmful, isn't particularly helpful. In medicine, dosage is key.
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Many smokers start or continue their habit in order to deal with stress. But quitting smoking increases stress itself. That double-whammy makes it doubly hard to stop. Understanding what creates stress and finding healthier ways to deal with it well help in that struggle.
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Pay Attention To The Danger's Of Second-Hand Smoke!
Even people who don't smoke are often exposed to other people who smoke. Inhaling someone else's cigarette smoke is called passive smoking or involuntary smoking. It is a proven health hazard to nonsmokers, and it's not easy to avoid, because about one in four people smoke.
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Secondhand Smoke At Workplace Increases Lung Cancer Risk
If your co-workers love smoking at the workplace, you better be careful for a new study says that secondhand smoke at the workplace doubles the risk of lung cancer in nonsmokers.
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Numerous negative and detrimental effects on a person’s health occur because of regular and long-term exposure of the person to second hand smoking. One of the many bad and harmful effects which are frequently attributed to second hand smoking is the increase in the risk of incidence of lung cancer. This effect of second hand smoking on lung cancer has been researched and studied extensively. Researches in the United States and Europe have shown that there is a marked increase in the risk to those people exposed to second hand smoking.
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Where There's Secondhand Smoke There's Fire
The U.S. Surgeon General wasn't just blowing smoke when he recently released what some are calling the "...most influential surgeon general's report in 15 years." The report is not a new study, but a 670-page review of studies done on secondhand smoke since the last surgeon general's report in 1986.
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The Dangers of Secondhand Smoking
Secondhand smoking is also known as passive smoking because the person who is inhaling the smoke does not want or he is not even necessarily aware that he is inhaling second hand smoke. secondhand smoking is also poisonous for the body because the chemicals found the smoke contains carcinogens that can cause different complications including cancer. It is believed that there are around four thousand different compounds found in secondhand smoke and around two hundred of those compounds are harmful to the body.
