Cigarette smoke causes cancer primarily by damaging the DNA. A new study that mapped these damages has revealed that the way ...

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The study, published in Nucleic Acids Research, focused on benzo (a)pyrene, a toxic chemical in cigarette smoke, which binds to DNA when processed by the body, and disrupts its normal function and ...

Even brief exposure can be dangerous, and there is no safe level of secondhand smoke. In the U.S., it causes about 41,000 ...

She chain-smoked her way through romance and heart-break and binge-drank Chardonnay until it went out of fashion (and then came back in again ) – and ...

Among all people aged over 16, one in 10, or more than five million people, use e-cigarettes, according to the UK’s Office for National Statistics. Vaping rates among those aged 16 to 24 are now ...

The World Cancer Research Organization’s body has revealed that the proportion of people with lung cancer who have never ...

Discover 25 common bad habits that can harm your health and well-being. The article provides tips to overcome behaviours like ...

Like a siren calls a sailor, the bathrooms used to tempt me to smoke inside them — just as many stressed students have done before. But now they’re these ugly, gray minimalist bathrooms devoid of life ...

It is one of few things we consume that scientists and official bodies say bluntly is a direct cause of cancer ...

Since childhood, our parents and dentists have taught us the importance of taking care of our teeth and regularly flossing. Hopefully, we are doing just that. Research shows that regular ...