Anti-smoking ads

           Anti-smoking ads. have gotten increasingly graphic, even gruesome in the past few years. If you have tried to quit smoking and failed before, take comfort in the fact that most smokers fail several times before quitting successfully. The photos below will ease your way and help insure that this is the last time you ever need to go through the quitting process. Some photos are extremely...

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About Smoking

About Smoking     About Smoking - At British American Tobacco, we have long accepted that smoking is risky. Our business is not about persuading people to smoke; it is about offering quality brands to adults who have already taken the decision to smoke      About Smoking - At British American Tobacco, we have long accepted that smoking is risky. Our business is not about persuading people to smoke; it is about offering quality brands to adults who have already taken the decision to smoke. We strongly...

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12 Reasons for anti-smoking

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Prediction of lung cancer

Prediction of lung cancer using volatile biomarkers in breath. Source Menssana Research Inc, Fort Lee, NJ 07024-6510, USA. Abstract BACKGROUND:    Normal metabolism generates several volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are excreted in the breath (e.g. alkanes). In patients with lung cancer, induction of high-risk cytochrome p450 genotypes may accelerate catabolism of these VOCs, so that their altered abundance in breath may provide biomarkers of lung cancer. METHODS:      VOCs in 1.0 L alveolar...

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What causes lung cancer

What causes lung cancer Smoking      The incidence of lung cancer is strongly correlated with cigarette smoking, with about 90% of lung cancers arising as a result of tobacco use. The risk of lung cancer increases with the number of cigarettes smoked over time; doctors refer to this risk in terms of pack-years of smoking history (the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day multiplied by the number of years...

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