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Female smokers are more likely to develop asthma
The snuff not only aggravates asthma but may be a direct cause of the disease, according to results of recent research. Smokers are 33% more likely to have asthma than those who do not smoke. And for women the situation is much worse, because in them the risk of developing this disease increases by 138% and 143%.
A team from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health was obtained for the first time, consistent evidence indicating that snuff itself can cause asthma.
The results of the study, published in ‘European Respiratory Journal, show that both smokers and former smokers are more likely to be asthmatic than those who never had the habit, indicating that the effects of nicotine on the body remain over time. In fact, even former smokers have higher risk of contracting the disease (49%) than those who continue to smoke (33%). Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: 15 cigarettes per day, asthma, chronic bronchitis, disease, former smokers, snuff | 
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Quitting smoking: 10 tips for a woman
Until recent years, female sex was less likely to smoke, however in recent years have seen a brutal increase of women who smoke. It is increasingly common to find a woman than a man smoking.
According to the World Health Organization, 20 percent of women in developed countries are addicted to snuff. In developing countries towards the low percentage to 9%.
The prize for women smokers is that the death toll from malignant tumors in the lung and breast has grown so much as the habit of smoking among women.
Tips for an intelligent woman to stop smoking :
1. Women who smoke each cigarette makes it more ugly and old. Feminine beauty is deeply affected by smoking. The skin is injured by the smoke of snuff, which produces destruction of elastic fibers and premature wrinkling.
2. Stop smoking Thousands of women will die this year of lung cancer, surpassing even breast cancer. The 90 percent of these deaths will be due to consumption of snuff, experts say. Want to be a more in these grim statistics? Read the rest of this entry »