Smokers Face Higher Risk of Developing Tuberculosis: Expert

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Smokers Face Higher Risk of Developing Tuberculosis: Expert

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Professor of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia (FKUI) Tjandra Yoga Aditama reminded that smokers are at greater risk of falling ill and experiencing disrupted healing of disease and even succumbing to tuberculosis (TB). Through his electronic message, on Saturday, he cited data that showed a link to smoking habits in one in five TB patients in the world. Data from the 2021 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) showed that around 34.5 percent of Indonesia’s population smoked or consumed various types of tobacco. […]

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90 Percent of Abdominal Aneurysms Occur Among Smokers — Best Life

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Like a heart attack or stroke, an aneurysm can deal a devastating blow to your health with little warning. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this condition is responsible for over 25,000 deaths in the U.S. annually, almost exclusively occurring in adults over the age of 40. However, not everyone is at equal risk of having an aneurysm, especially when it comes to the most common type. Read on to learn the one risk factor that 90 percent of these aneurysms have in […]

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Smokers Who Quit Before Age 45 Significantly Reduce Risk of Lung Cancer

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Quitting smoking between ages 45-54 still reduces the risk of cancer by a significant 78%, while doing so between ages 55-64 cuts it by 56%. Titled, “Association of Smoking Initiation and Cessation Across the Life Course and Cancer Mortality Prospective Study of 410 000 US Adults,” the study of over 400,000 Americans, found that smokers are three times more likely to die of a tobacco-related cancer than nonsmokers. However, reported the researchers, quitting by age 45 reduces this risk by 89%, while for those who quit before they […]

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Antibodies from Covid vaccine decrease faster in smokers, study reveals

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A study conducted by researchers from several Italian and Spanish universities indicates that antibodies induced by Covid-19 vaccines decrease faster in people who smoke. The study was conducted on 162 health professionals who, on a voluntary basis, underwent monthly serological tests to assess the trend of the antibody level in the six months after receiving the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. This analysis focused on subjects with a mean age of 43 years, 28 of which were previously infected with Covid-19. The level of vaccine-induced antibodies and its trend […]

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Smokers lungs versus healthy lungs

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This demo shows a healthy set of lungs and a set of lungs similar to someone who smoked a pack of cigarettes every day for 20 years. You can see that tar has … source

CDC: Tips From Former Smokers – Terrie H.’s Tip Ad

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Smoking causes cancer. In this TV ad for CDC’s “Tips From Former Smokers” campaign, Terrie talks about how she gets ready for the day after the effects of … source

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Kent smokers encouraged to take part in Stoptober – The Isle Of Thanet News

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Get help to quit smoking Stoptober is back to launch its 10th mass quit attempt on 1st October, calling on smokers in Kent to join the 2.3 million others who have made a quit attempt with the campaign since it launched a decade ago. Over 6 million adults in England still smoke, and it remains the leading cause of premature death, with almost 75,000 preventable deaths a year. In Kent, figures for 2019 showed that 13.7% of residents smoked. Although this was a record low across the […]

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J&J Philippines, PCCP help Filipino dissonant smokers quit the habit

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Global healthcare company Johnson & Johnson Philippines (J&J), through its consumer health brand Nicorette, has partnered with the Philippine College of Chest Physicians (PCCP) to help Filipino smokers receive support as they work toward quitting the habit for good. Alongside existing efforts, J&J and the PCCP will be developing a new smoking cessation module that will be used for training healthcare practitioners in giving counsel and recommending treatment to dissonant smokers. The module will kick off with Lung Center of the Philippines as its first […]

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1.1. billion people smoked in 2019. But the U.S. had fewer smokers.

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Although smoking has decreased in the United States since the 1990s, new research shows there was a global record high of 1.1 billion people who smoked in 2019. Published on Thursday, the number of smokers was directly tied to population growth, a new peer-reviewed study published in the medical journal The Lancet claims. The study stated that in the last 30 years, smoking tobacco accounted for over 200 million deaths. The annual economic costs exceeded $1 trillion. “I’m not surprised at all. Tobacco use smoking is still the No. 1 preventable […]

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HOW TO DETOXIFY YOUR LUNGS AT HOME- Lung Detoxification for Smokers

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… BREATHING EXERCISES https://bit.ly/3osOyx2 STOP SMOKING https://smokefree.gov/ https://www.helpguide.org/articles/addictions/how-to-quit-smoking.htm … source

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