A new study reported by the journal Heart has revealed that smokers of “lite” (low-tar and low-nicotine) cigarettes run the same risk of damaging their cardiovascular system as smokers of regular, full-strength tobacco products. The study found that the blood flow of light cigarette smokers can be impaired to the same degree than that of regular cigarette smokers. Chronic nicotine-induced disruptions of the blood flow to the heart can set the stage for the development of coronary artery disease.

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According to the results of a large-scale study recently reported by the journal Cancer, past or present smoking is positively associated with an increased risk of contracting cancers of the head and neck. Both male and female smokers are more susceptible to developing malignant head and neck tumours, regardless of a particular anatomic region, in comparison with those who have never smoked.

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A new study conducted by researchers of the University of London and published at the Journal of Investigative Dermatology has linked smoking to hair loss in men. While previous trials suggested that cigarette smoking could indirectly be involved in causing baldness, the new findings have confirmed that tobacco smoke is a possible trigger of male-pattern alopecia.

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Although “conventional wisdom” states that smoking can be beneficial for depressed people, scientific studies show that, on the contrary, the reverse is true. A new trial conducted by US scientists has demonstrated that depression in teenagers can actually be caused by smoking cigarettes.

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A new study conducted by Spanish researchers from the University of Navarra shows that smokers are significantly more likely to suffer from clinical depression than non-smokers. This finding has been confirmed and expanded by another, independent study carried out by an international team of scientists from King’s College (England), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, and University of Bergen. According to the latter study, smoking can trigger not only depression, but also anxiety disorder.

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