Is Smoking Really Bad for Our Memory?


In addition to all documented hazards of tobacco smoking, it is now linked to memory loss. According to a new research conducted by the French, smoking can be responsible for a loss of memory in middle-aged people. However, the scientists have not found any ties between tobacco consumption and the overall level of intelligence in smokers. In addition, not all experts have agreed with the controversial results of the research.

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New Animal Study Confirms That Smoking during Pregnancy is Major Risk Factor for SIDS


A recently conducted research has provided evidence that smoking during pregnancy can be directly associated with the baby’s risk for SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Although a link between prenatal exposure to cigarette poisons from the smoking mother and SIDS was suspected long ago, the new trial confirms that it can be a key factor in sudden death of the infant. Other causes include irregularities in the heart beat, disruptions of breathing, faults of the nervous system and overheating.

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Genetic Clusters May Hold Key to Success in Specific Smoking Cessation Program


Want to snuff off a deadly habit of cigarette smoking? There are a number of medications to help you quit! A whole range of nicotine replacement aids in the form of sprays, gums, pills and patches are nowadays available on the smoking cessation market. In addition, there are such highly effective drugs as Chantix and Zyban, or at least they are aggressively marketed as medications that would make your smoking cessation program pain-free and successful. Or would they?

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