' Light Smokers' at Risk of Disease
Posted on: Thursday, 22 September 2005, 09:01 CDT
SMOKING only a few cigarettes a day almost triples the risk of heart disease and lung cancer, researchers said today.
The impact of "light smoking" - between one and four cigarettes a day - is even stronger in women, according to the study published in Tobacco Control.
The findings quash the notion that "light" smokers escape the serious health problems faced by those who are heavy smokers.
The research was carried out by Dr Aage Tverdal, from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, and Dr Kjell Bjartveit, from the National Health Screening Service in Oslo.
They tracked the health and death rates among almost 43,000 men and women in Norway from the mid 1970s up until 2002.
Taking into account other risk factors, the researchers were able to conclude that light smoking did significantly endanger health
Source: Daily Post; Liverpool
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