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World No Tobacco Day

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Smokers blow up Ł90,000 in a Lifetime

A study in the UK calculated the lifetime cost of smoking about 15 cigarettes a day and the amount calculated comes to a staggering Ł91,832.43 or approx . US $150,000 or Rs. 6,000.000 . This figure is worked out at 373,302 cigarettes smoked, or 18,665 packs.The study was helped by ‘Clerical Medical’. It found that the average smoker has 15.24 cigarettes a day, costing them 106.68 pounds a week. In a year the smoker blows up 6,060 cigarettes at an average cost of Ł1,493.22. and collectively the English nation puffs up 72 BILLION cigs a year and blows a staggering 17 Billion pounds up in smoke. Interesting figures to a health economist!!
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Smoking Ban

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a complex, strange disorder characterized by extreme fatigue. Nobody is immune to developing this condition. It can affect even the healthy! The disease, of an unknown cause is three times more common in women than men. A person can have it for years, and yet go unnoticed. It can strike following an episode of illness such as cold or can also be associated with high levels of stress. In some cases, it might be difficult for the patient to pinpoint when it all began.
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Smoking and Cancer

Despite years of research on CFS, it has not been possible to pinpoint the exact cause of this strange and complex disorder. It is believed that chronic fatigue syndrome is a manifestation of autoimmune disorder, a condition in which the body’s immune cells recognise an individual’s own cells to be non-self and destroy it. Consistent with the above belief, may patients with CFS have been found to have high levels of circulating antinuclear autoantibodies, that cause self-destruction.
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