Saturday, 30 March 2013

Smoking as Soon as You Get Up Increases Risk of Lung and Oral Cancers

People who tend to start smoking as soon as they get up in the morning have an increased risk of developing lung and oral cancers, a new study conducted by Penn State researchers reveals. "We found that smokers who consume cigarettes immediately after waking have higher levels of NNAL -- a metabolite of the tobacco-specific carcinogen NNK -- in their blood than smokers who refrain from smoking a half hour or more after waking, regardless of how many cigarettes they ...

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