Exposure to secondhand smoke also contributes to a variety of conditions known bad for health. Researchers reveal exposed to smoke only a few minutes alone can make the airways narrow and breathing impaired.

Studies conducted by the University of Athens and the Harvard School of Public Health to get after someone is exposed to smoke a few minutes will direct physiological changes that cause the airways to narrow making it more difficult for the body to take in oxygen that the body needs.

“Non-smokers are forced to inhale cigarette smoke extreme amount directly into their lungs. These results tell us that a brief exposure is harmful to normal airways,” said lead researcher Dr Panagiotis Behrakis, as quoted from Dailymail. (more…)

Today many people are lazy movement (Mager) and lazed happier. But you should avoid this practice, because of lack of movement or activity is not as dangerous as smoking.

A new study suggests not enough or lazy to move the motion to have the same health hazards such as smoking. In a study published in The Lancet in mind 5.3 million deaths worldwide due to less physically active.

Meanwhile, as a comparison, deaths from smoking around the world reached 5 million. This shows a lack of activity has the same hazard as smoking.

“Lack of physical activity has a major impact on world health. In fact, the impact could be comparable to smoking,” says I-Min Lee, ScD, epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health, as quoted by WebMD. (more…)

Secondhand smoke is more dangerous than you think. Research shows that people are breathing air that has been exposed to secondhand smoke is more dangerous than exposure to air pollution which is unusual.

The researchers found that passive smokers or people exposed to secondhand smoke 16 times more dangerous than normal exposure to air pollution. This is because cigarette smoke can increase the amount of fine particles in the air is dangerous many many times.

Studies conducted over 5 weeks to install air monitors are used to measure air quality on a street in front of the shopping center. There are about 284 people who smoke along the road.

Researchers found that every time a smoker who breathe secondhand smoke, about 70 percent of fine particles spewed into the air than when no smokers are passing the road.

As reported health.india,  the particles are very fine and simply measuring less than 2.5 millimeters. The particles also affect the surrounding air to a radius of 2.6 meters from the source. (more…)

No one doubts that quitting smoking is not easy. Though it was intentional, sometimes the urge to smoke at any time will come again.

If you can not be far away from cigarettes, do not trigger panic! Many smokers who have tried several times before it could actually bearing the title of ex-smokers.

There are various reasons why you might not succeed this time. Check out the third review your reasons for quitting difficult redorbit was quoted as saying , below. (more…)

For some people, smoking and drinking coffee is a pleasure which there is no comparison. But according to the cardiologist, the pleasure derived from a combination of coffee and cigarettes worth the risk of heart damage that is accelerating.

Sometimes, a cigarette while drinking a cup of strong coffee is considered not just a matter of taste but also imaging. Many consider cigarettes and black coffee as a symbol of masculinity, so that men would feel more manly when I’m enjoying both.

“My coffee strong, something that my cigarette. One, nicotine stimulate the heart go faster, but caffeine is also the same effect,” said Dr H Aulia Sani, SpJP (K) FJCC, FIHA, FASCC, a cardiologist from the hospital when found Sahid Sahirman at work.

Because the effect is the same, then the caffeine in coffee and nicotine in cigarettes to work mutually reinforcing. When the heart is working too quickly from the effects of two compounds, then it should bear the burden will be increased so that in time they will be broken. (more…)

Recent research by the University at Buffalo Public Health and Health Profession shows that eating more fruits and vegetables can help you to quit and tobacco-free for longer. The researchers surveyed 1,000 smokers aged 25 and over conducted telephone interviews with randomly. Researchers follow up study, 14 months later, and again asked if there was use of tobacco for a few months back. (more…)