Smokers who refuse to quit the habit despite being diagnosed with lung cancer experience higher levels of pain from the disease than non-smokers and former smokers, reveals study.
Researchers at Duke University surveyed some 900 lung cancer patients and classified 17 percent of them as persistent smokers.
Quality of Life Better in Non-smokers Than Heavy Smokers
Non-smokers lead longer and better quality lives than those who smoke heavily, reveals a new report.
Non-smokers lead longer and better quality lives than those who smoke heavily, reveals a new report.
Several studies have examined the effects of continued smoking after a lung cancer diagnosis and found that it impairs healing, lowers efficacy of cancer treatments, hampers overall quality of life, increases risk for recurrence and secondary tumors, and decreases survival.
The results of the new study showed that patients who continued to smoke after diagnosis reported higher levels of pain and other lung cancer complications, such as shortness of breath and fatigue, than non smokers and former smokers.
'Pay-for-healthy-lifestyle' Schemes Mostly Supported by Obese and Smokers
Smokers and overweight people are the greatest advocates of the 'Pay for Performance for Patients' (P4P4P) schemes under which people are paid to make healthier lifestyle changes,
Smokers and overweight people are the greatest advocates of the 'Pay for Performance for Patients' (P4P4P) schemes under which people are paid to make healthier lifestyle changes,
The study appears in The Journal of Pain.
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German Smokers Enjoy Last Oktoberfest Before Ban
In Europe there are few places left where you can still enjoy a cigarette and a tipple and the 175th annual Oktoberfest starting in Munich Saturday are one of them.
In Europe there are few places left where you can still enjoy a cigarette and a tipple and the 175th annual Oktoberfest starting in Munich Saturday are one of them.
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