Passive smoking increases lung cancer and heart disease risk:
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[Health India]: London, Oct 19: Passive smoking may have long been known to be a health hazard and now a new report by The Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health (Scoth) confirms that it significantly increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease
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NEW YORK  - Among individuals who develop  lung cancer, there appear to be differences between smokers and  nonsmokers in survival rates and in individuals patient  characteristics, researchers report. They say the findings  indicate that lung cancer in nonsmokers is a specific disease,  which has implications for research and clinical trials.
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A new study conducted by researchers at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center suggests that a social smoker age 50 or older has a risk for developing lung cancer similar to that of a smoker under age 50 who smoked three packs a day
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WEDNESDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Changes in two genes that activate the immune system after tissue damage may increase lung cancer risk, researchers report.
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Gene variants that lead to  decreased amounts of an enzyme known as GSTM1 may raise the  risk of lung cancer related to radon exposure, new research  suggests. The gene variants also seem to increase the  cancer-causing effect of secondhand smoke.
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According to the British Medical Journal, a study published in &#39;Tobacco Control&#39; has revealed that smokers aged below 40 are five times more prone to suffering from a heart attack than non smokers of the same age.
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Secondhand smoke can cause cancer. It&#39;s what the surgeon general says. So too the Environmental Protection Agency. And the World Health Organization.
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Children regularly exposed to passive smoke are up to three times more likely to get lung cancer, researchers say.
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CHENNAI, India  - A study from India shows that use of smokeless tobacco in the form of chewing tobacco or snuff is associated with an increased risk of developing cancer in the "hypopharynx" -- the area at the back of the throat immediately above the larynx, or voicebox.
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NEW YORK  - Women who smoke are more likely to begin menopause before the age of 45 years, which puts them at increased risk of osteoporosis and heart disease, Norwegian researchers report.
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A new study suggests that screening smokers and former smokers for lung cancer doesn't save lives or prevent advanced disease and may lead to unneeded and harmful treatment
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Breathing in secondhand smoke massively increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease, an official report shows.
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Warning signs for cardiovascular disease are higher in people exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke, adding to the link between "passive smoke" and heart disease, according to a study released on Monday.
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MONDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDayNews) -- The largest study of its kind has come up with hard, cold numbers that pinpoint the risk of lung cancer for smokers and former smokers.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDayNews) -- Smoking greatly reduces the chances of survival for people with head and neck cancer, says new research in the Oct. 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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NEW YORK  - A large new study suggests vitamin E may help prevent death from cancer and heart disease in middle-aged men who smoke, contradicting the findings of some previous studies on the subject.
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Up to 20 percent of women who  develop lung cancer have never smoked, U.S. researchers found  in a study that suggests secondhand smoke may be to blame.