If you thought Chinese "herbal" cigarettes are safe, here's the update. These ciggies, which contain a mix of tobacco and medicinal herbs, are just as unhealthy as the regular ones.
A team of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, led by Stanton A. Glantz, professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute and scientists at the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, analysed the levels of four markers to establish differences in nicotine and carcinogen delivery between the two type of cigarettes.
Smoking Tobacco Through Waterpipe is as Bad as Puffing on Cigarette
A new study has indicated that smoking tobacco is bad, irrespective of whether it is taken in through a water pipe or by puffing on a cigarette.
A new study has indicated that smoking tobacco is bad, irrespective of whether it is taken in through a water pipe or by puffing on a cigarette.
The examination of the urine samples and evaluating questionnaires showed no major difference in the levels of all four markers: cotinine and trans-3'-hydroxycotinine (two markers of nicotine intake); and total 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-butanol and total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (two classes of carcinogens).
Glantz said: "Levels of carcinogens were correlated with measures of nicotine intake, meaning that the more nicotine smokers took in, the higher the levels of carcinogens they took in."
Increased Death Risk Seen Among Head and Neck Cancer Survivors Who Use Alcohol and Cigarettes
Results of a new study show that patients who continue to smoke and drink alcohol after head and neck cancer diagnosis have an increased risk of dying from the cancer.
Results of a new study show that patients who continue to smoke and drink alcohol after head and neck cancer diagnosis have an increased risk of dying from the cancer.
"Adding herbs to the cigarettes would not be expected to affect the nicotine, which is the addictive drug in tobacco, and cancer-causing chemicals in the smoke of cigarettes...The Chinese tobacco industry should avoid misleading the public when promoting herbal cigarettes as 'safer' products," Glantz said.
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Moist Snuff As Bad as Regular Cigarettes
A new American study has found astonishingly high levels of toxic and carcinogenic substances in smokeless tobacco often called moist snuff.
A new American study has found astonishingly high levels of toxic and carcinogenic substances in smokeless tobacco often called moist snuff.
The findings of the study have appeared in the December issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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Transplanted Heart Dies Due To Cigarette Smoke Exposure
Cigarette smoke exposure prior to a heart transplant in either the donor, recipient, or both, accelerates the death of a transplanted heart, a new study has found.
Cigarette smoke exposure prior to a heart transplant in either the donor, recipient, or both, accelerates the death of a transplanted heart, a new study has found.
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