The act of burning a substance and inhaling or tasting the smoke produced.
Questions tagged [smoking]
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If smoking causes lung cancer, why has a decline in smoking not led to a decline in lung cancer?
According to the CDC, smoking prevalence among US adults (18+) has decreased quite a bit over the years:
1974: 37.1% of the population
1980: 33.2
1990: 25.5
2000: 23.3
2010: 19.3
According to cancer.gov the rates of new cases of lung cancer in the…
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Do 80 to 90 percent of lifelong smokers never develop lung cancer?
Joshua Hawkins of BGR.com has stated that 80 to 90 percent of lifelong smokers never develop lung cancer.
To quote the article:
Scientists may have discovered why lifelong smokers never get lung cancer. That sentence probably seems silly,…
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Are electronic cigarettes a healthier alternative to regular cigarettes?
Electronic cigarettes pose as a replacement of cigarettes. It is claimed that they help in quitting smoking. They do come in flavors, and in various levels of nicotine.
But, are they less harmful? Do they have any side effects?
For example, Health…
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Is secondhand smoke dangerous?
There seems to be little doubt in public opinion that second hand smoke is dangerous, and I can see why. But many smokers have claimed to me that it is not dangerous at all and it is all media hype. What is the scientific consensus? I have heard…
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Is smoking hookah safer than smoking cigarettes?
A couple of years ago, at a party, I was invited to partake in some hookah smoking by some friends. Going by memory, I remember the hookah being a ornate metal contraption that somehow "filtered" the smoke produced by burning the product. Hookah…
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Does second hand smoke cause cancer?
Related: Does smoking cigarettes cause lung cancer?
A friend of mine related today, as shocked as I was to hear it, that he heard that every single study that had ever been conducted on second hand smoke effects was flawed. While I was fairly…
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Does smoking one joint give as much exposure to cancer-producing chemicals as smoking four to five cigarettes?
I was linked to a website from Parenting Stack Exchange called drugfreeworld. I then browsed around a bit, and I found this interesting line on the Marijuana page:
Aside from the discomfort that goes with sore throats and chest colds, it has been…
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Is drinking a soda as bad or more harmful than smoking a cigarette?
The claim is easy to find on google, but here are a few specific examples (emphasis added):
Soda, which is loaded with sugar primarily in the form of high fructose corn syrup, is a leading contributor to the rising rates of obesity, diabetes, heart…
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Could smoking cause erectile dysfunction?
I was told that smoking 'menthol' cigarettes could cause erectile dysfunction. But I don't know how much of this is true so I wanted to know how much of this is true...
Here is an example of the claim:
Source: Tobacco Free Florida, via: Guts of a…
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Does one drop of nicotine kill a horse?
There is a popular aphorism in Russia, translated as "one drop of nicotine kills a horse":
, which is widely used on the anti-tobacco posters etc.
Can 0.05 ml of nicotine really kill a healthy 400-kg horse? What could be the origin of this phrase?
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Is 1 hour of shisha as harmful as smoking 100 cigarettes?
The British Health Foundation claims that:
The average shisha-smoking session lasts an hour and research has
shown that in this time you can inhale the same amount of smoke as
from more than 100 cigarettes.
There is also one article on Daily…
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Do smoking-related deaths save cost to health service?
Australian columnist Miranda Devine recently claimed that smoking-related deaths save cost to the health system:
“Well cigarettes aren’t that bad really when you think about it,”
Devine said.
“It might shorten a couple of years off the end of…
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Is it more expensive to employ a smoker than a non-smoker?
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Det kostar nära 6.000 dollar (knappt 40.000 kronor) mer per år att ha
en rökare anställd än någon som inte röker, visar en studie i USA.
Skälet är rökares större sjukfrånvaro, dyrare hälsovård och lägre
produktivitet på grund av…
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Does smoking prevent obesity and diabetes?
In a letter to The Guardian newspaper artist and pro-tobacco campaigner David Hockney suggests that there could be a link between not smoking and being obese or having diabetes.
Is there a link between the decline of smoking and the rise of obesity…
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Is nicotine a relatively safe substance?
I've always thought that nicotine has really bad health effects.
Interestingly enough, I've found the following statement on the website of one of the major Nicotine Replacement Therapy products producers:
Myths: Nicotine is carcinogenic
Fact:…
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