Canadian Researchers to Investigate Smoking among Pregnant Women


According to CBC News, Canadian scientists are planning to conduct a survey to focus on smoking among pregnant women living on Nunavut territory. The main purpose of the research is to investigate what causes pregnant females to smoke and which measures can be implemented in order to help them quit.

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Women Are Increasingly Prone to Suffering from Tobacco-Related Diseases – New Research


According to ScienceDaily, smoking-related diseases and especially death rates among both American and European women have been on a significant rise within the recent decades. This troubling statistics show that aggressive anti-smoking measures that are being implemented in the US and such European countries as France, as well as worldwide, are not enough to prevent the spread of tobacco-related deaths among the global female population.

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Smoking Cessation Lowers Health Risks for Women – New Study


By stopping smoking, women benefit from a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease and a lesser incidence of death from various smoking-related cancers. According to new results of the large-scale Nurses’ Health Study, female smoking cessation brings major health risks down by more than 20 percent!

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Smoking in Linked to Increased Levels of Depression, Anxiety, and Other Mental Illnesses: New Studies


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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More Research On the Dangers Of “Light” Smoking


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A new study conducted by Tobacco Control researchers has revealed that even “light” smoking of just several cigarettes a day can be very dangerous for the heart and lung health. According to the scientists, if you puff daily from one to four “lung rockets”, and especially if you are a woman, you almost triple your chances of contracting lung cancer and cardiovascular disease! This new discovery confirms the fact that the best protection against lung cancer and heart attack is not to smoke at all.

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