News tagged with male smokers

Women smokers may have greater risk for colon cancer than men

Smoking increased the risk for developing colon cancer, and female smokers may have a greater risk than male smokers, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Associ ...

Cancer Apr 30, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Low levels of serum bilirubin spell higher lung cancer risk for male smokers

Elevated levels of bilirubin in the blood get attention in the clinic because they often indicate that something has gone wrong with the liver. Now researchers have found that male smokers with low levels of the yellow-tinged ...

Cancer Apr 07, 2013 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Risk of lung cancer death has risen dramatically among women smokers in recent decades

Female smokers have a much greater risk of death from lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) in recent years than did female smokers 20 or 40 years ago, reflecting changes in smoking behavior according to ...

Cancer Jan 23, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

By age 45, smokers already at significantly higher risk of cancer death

(Medical Xpress)—A new Northwestern Medicine study shows that smoking during your middle-aged years dramatically increases your lifetime risk of not just getting cancer, but dying from it.

Health Sep 13, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Two-thirds of Indonesian men smoke, tops in world

(AP)—Indonesian men rank as the world's top smokers, with two out of three of them lighting up in a country where cigarettes cost pennies and tobacco advertising is everywhere.

Addiction Sep 11, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Vietnam law bans smoking in public

Vietnam has passed a law banning smoking in public places and all tobacco advertising, an official said Tuesday.

Health Jun 19, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Program urges smokers switch to smokeless tobacco

(AP) -- In the smoker-heavy state of Kentucky, a cancer center is suggesting something that most health experts won't and the tobacco industry can't: If you really want to quit, switch to smoke-free tobacco.

Health Oct 28, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 2

Healthy lifestyle habits lower heart failure risk

If you don't smoke, aren't overweight, get regular physical activity and eat vegetables, you can significantly reduce your risk for heart failure, according to research reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart ...

Cardiology Sep 13, 2011 | 2.5 / 5 (2) | 1 |