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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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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Smokers with coronary heart disease who suffer a heart attack or severe angina, rapidly benefit from kicking the smoking habit, German investigators report.
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The basic medical warning about the dangers of smoking is especially important for anyone with a relative, however distant, who has had lung cancer, a new Icelandic study shows.
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High levels of secondhand smoke on the job can double nonsmokers' risk of developing lung cancer, and those who inhale it at work long-term face a 50 percent higher risk, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Smoking has long been known to cause cancer, heart disease, impotence and so on -- now, damage to your IQ can be added to the list.
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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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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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TUESDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- A genetic mutation can leave some people vulnerable to lung cancer even if they never smoked, a new study finds.
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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.
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NEW YORK  - Although some studies have  found that smoking paradoxically improves the outcome after  heart attack, this was not the case in a multinational study  involving more than 5000 patients, researchers report in the  American Journal of Cardiology.
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John Reid, the Health Secretary, has been accused of holding back an official report that confirms that passive smoking increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease.
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Everyone knows smoking is a bad idea, but those who can't give it up may get a little protection from exercise, a study suggests. In a study of older women, researchers found that a physically active smoker had a 35 percent lower risk of lung cancer than a sedentary smoker.
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Nov. 29, 2004 (Chicago) -- Young or old, smoking is a killer and its weapon of choice is often lung cancer. But results from a lung cancer screening study of almost 30,000 current and former smokers suggests
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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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Smoking may speed the growth of  pancreatic cancer by causing it to develop in younger people,  U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
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[Health India]: London, Nov 21 : A new study, conducted by researchers at the Maastricht University in Holland, suggests that people who go to the church every day are at a high risk of getting lung cancer due to the unhealthy air caused by candles and