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August 8th, 2011
12:01 AM ET
Early morning smokers have higher cancer riskSmokers who indulge in their first cigarette shortly after waking up have an increased risk of developing lung and head and neck cancers, according to two new studies published in Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society. The findings may help identify smokers who have a greater risk of developing cancer. These smokers could then be more urgently targeted for smoking cessation programs. The first studies to show a link between cigarette smoking and cancer were published back in the 1950s, but it wasn’t until 1980 that nicotine dependence was recognized by the American Psychiatric Association as a psychological and physiological problem. The new studies out of Penn State College of Medicine look at nicotine dependence, which in part can be determined by the amount of time elapsed before a smoker lights up his or her first cigarette after waking up in the morning. “These smokers have higher levels of nicotine and possibly other tobacco toxins in their body, and they may be more addicted than smokers who refrain from smoking for a half hour or more,” says Joshua Muscat of the Penn State College of Medicine, who led the investigation. Subjects who smoked their first cigarette between 31 and 60 minutes after waking up were more than 30% more likely to develop lung cancer; the odds increased to nearly 80% for those who smoked in their first half-hour awake. For head and neck cancers, subjects were more than 40% more likely if they indulged in the 31-60 minute window, and nearly 60% more likely for those who smoked in their first half-hour awake. “One of the things we use to measure dependence is called the Heavyness of Smoking Index, which includes two questions,” says Dr. Richard D. Hurt, the director of the Mayo Clinic’s Nicotine Dependence Center, who is not affiliated with the new studies. “How much do you smoke, and how long after you arise do you have your first cigarette?” Hurt also points out that waiting a little longer before indulging in a first cigarette of the day would mean fewer total cigarettes in a day. “The more dependent are more likely to be heavier smokers,” he says. “But you also have to look at how aggressively these people are smoking. Those who inhale deeper, hold longer, and smoke their cigarettes all the way to the end are receiving more of the harmful constituents of that cigarette.” This makes them more likely to develop cancer than those who smoke less aggressively. The half-life of nicotine is relatively short – only two hours – so after six or eight hours of sleep, your body has gotten rid of nearly all of the nicotine you’ve inhaled the day before. There’s very little left in the body in the morning and the receptors in the brain are crying out for more nicotine. Those who are the most dependent need that cigarette earlier, and often smoke more cigarettes throughout the day, more intensely. The takeaway here is about what you’d expect. “Stop smoking as soon as you can,” says Hurt. “We have more things to offer now than ever before. [You] can go to a physician or call a telephone quit line. We combine behavioral counseling with medications, which can double, triple, or even quadruple your chances of successfully quitting.”
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Hey everyone, if you smoke more cigarettes than someone else you have a greater chance of developing cancer!
I'm so depressed that I didn't become a research scientist and get multimillion dollar grants to prove the obvious...
yeah–obviously youve never tried to get an R01–why dont you go back to flippin those burgers since its more your speed.
or cannabis
I was having withdrawal without a smoking article for a couple of days.
I'm surprised how many people are so offended by cigarettes. just get over it. its none of your business how other people live. my dad died of lung cancer when i was 15 but that still doesn't give me the right to dictate what others do. i personally dont smoke but i really don't care if others choose to.
I agree with you in part. I can't stand being in a smoky room, because the smoke smells awful and leads to all kinds of respiratory symptoms. I think the rules about no smoking in restaurants, public buildings and airplanes are good ones. However, if people want to smoke in their own cars, houses, yards, etc. it's none of my business. They can do what they want. I think that laws banning cigarette smoking outdoors, on sidewalks, and so forth are excessive–I don't really see how someone who chooses to smoke outside is really bothering anyone.
really.. well smokers make my son sick.. it is a health hazard to everyone. I think smokers are the most selfish, ignorant people on the planet. Go smoke your brains out..but not around children and pets who have no say. The drain on Health Care and on the air quality are staggering.. get a grip.. your Dad robbed his kid of a parent.. how selfish is that!!??
The problem is, unless you are really isolated somewhere, smoking almost ALWAYS bothers someone else. Us non-smokers have a right to sit on an outdoor patio or walk down the street without breathing in your cancerous smoke. Not to meantion we all pay the price for your high medical bills.
I am so tired of hearing this causes cancer and this causes cancer. There are people in different companys who are making hundreds of millions of dollars every years because cancerr is BIG business. I wouldn't be surprised if they had a cure for the darn thing already. It's just so sad how the people with cancer have to suffer. I have seen stats that since they have beeb raising money for cancer, there have been one trillion dollars made so far. How sick is that?
Streets are dirty wear covered shoes. You will SEE just about anniythg in New York but you do not want to CATCH anniythg in NY! I almost NEVER wear sandals or open shoes, unless I park under Lincoln Center to see a concert or opera, and only am walking IN Lincoln Center!So wear pants and a neutral shoe.
A recent CNN article reported how tall people are at greater risk for cancer. I guess if your tall and smoke as soon as you get up, your doomed as doomed can be.
The article states that those who smoke in the first 30 minutes of waking up are more at risk that others. But what was the scientific reason behind it? Is it my assumption that those who smoke in the first 30 minutes of waking up are at more risk just because they might be more dependent on nicotine and might smoke more and aggressively throughout the day? Is that the only reason?
you pose a very good question. another question is Who did this study? Who paid for this study? Where was the results published( in what medical journal)? last of all "who profited from this study"?
There is no Vegetarian Law. You do what you think is ethical and live by your own molras.Personally, I don't eat meat not because I think it's wrong to eat meat, but because I can't stand the conditions the animals live in, and how they are slaughtered. I consider it more of a life-time boycott of the industry.So, I would certainly wear leather if it was something that I found in a thrift shop or something. I wouldn't put my wallet behind supporting the industry or the byproducts of the industry but I also believe that if that animal died regardless I would rather see that all of it is used than just to have it go through that torture only to be thrown away.Anyway you decide what you think is right. It doesn't matter what I think or what any of these posters think. Consider all opinions, sure, but the bottom line is that you should be able to live with yourself.
This just in..... smoking unsafe at night too!
They will never get out of the Laboratory. Like I said, Cancer is BIG business.
If cancer is big business, why would they want to keep a cure in the lab? You cant make money by hiding your discovery. Further, what about the countries with socialized medicine that your ilk are so enamored with? There is no profit motive there, so how come they havent produced and introduced a cure? By the way, I have scene the Chris Rock comedy special you copied this from.
Seen is not spelled "Scene" Read what you wrote regarging what I said. You can't spell or read.
I just googled "smoking is good for you. Most of the websites were saying that smokers had better memory and concentration skills. 1/3 of smokers die of cancer (not specifically lung cancer). All smokers that die are recorded to have died of smoking related illness. The numbers are skewed for the obvious reason to demonize those that chose to do what they want to. Every smoker in my family died in their late 80's or 90's. Cancer is a by product of bad genes and living longer. Cancer was relatively unheard of before we started nuclear testing and forging into the industrialized world. I don't recall the American Indians having a word for cancer....the original people who smoked tobacco. So my argument is that all this talk of smoker related cancer is a smoke screen.
Cancer was unheard of before the industrial revolution because it was not diagnosed. The Indians did not have microscopes, CAT scans, or X-Rays. The high incidence of cancer post 1900 is due to the high incidence of diagnosis.
Exactly – X-rays. Hmmm. Sure that does not causes cancer. Sarcasm.
wayscrewed, you sound ignorant.
Before society knew any better people probably though that someone that died of cancer just died. Also, because the people you know lived to be 80 or 90 and smoked does not mean that happens for everyone. Check the stats, it says smokers die younger on average. Out of my wife's and my grandparents 5/8 dies before 65 due ot smoking related cancers. the other 3 did not smoke and lived to be in their mid-80's. Think outside your little box and do the world a favor.
I read last year that some of the dinosaurs died of cancer, so cancer has been around for a very, very long time, but here's the thing, we are only meant to live for so long and we all have to go someway and it's usually by disease.
Actually, people have known about cancer and have been treated for it for a much longer time. Nabby Adams Smith, the daughter of our second president, John Adams, suffered from breast cancer, and had a mastectomy. It saved her life at least for several years, when a second bout killed her at age 48 in 1813.
I don't need some foul mouthed person to help me with what I wrote. ABout a Trillion $$$$$ made since they started collecting for cancer? They either have a cure or don't want it on the market at the very least.
Cancer brings in hundreds of millions of dollars a year. If that's not BIG business then I don't know what is.
The world is better off with fewer people. Done thru lack of basic healthcare.
Yes they should, but it denpdes on how vegetarian you are,but also there is aing vegetaranism too far. The definition of a vegetarian is someone who does not eat any ddea animal products, so there is no reason why not that you can not wear leather shoes. I am a vegetarian and i wear leather shoes, because i am not eating the leather. But its all up to the individual.
Take it from me, I wanted to wear shoes that loekod good with my trendy skirts as well if you spend the day out on the town in shoes not worn for comfort, you will mess up your feet, remember you have to keep up the pace walking through the City. I know it's not your typical choice for fashion but you will see that most New Yorkers wear tennis shoes. However if you're just going out for dinner or a play, then wear your favorite shoes.
The world, in many ways, is banking on fewer people to sustain and pay for.
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That's right everyone. Smoking is completely safe and natural. It's healthy for you and cancer is big business so they are hiding the cure. It's also true that being obese is actually healthier than being fit, 911 was self-inflicted, the moon landing was faked and the earth is flat. All the doctors and scientists in the world are dumber than you. Keeps smoking evryone! Enjoy your morning cough, raspy voice, bad breath, brown teeth and your phlegm. It's good for you.
I would wear comfortable, coerevd shoes while walking and riding the subway, and something stylish when you reach your destination. The nicer pair of shoes will fit into a large purse or bag, and you can change shoes as you reach the sites you are going to visit.
OK wow that makes a lot of sense dude Wow.
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the problem with this is that there has been no scientific proof that cigarette smoke(even second hand smoke) creates the problems associated with it. true that there are carcinogens in cigarette smoke , But by the same token there are carcinogens in all the air that we breathe from so many other factors that cigarette smoke is but a small part. And the fact that to get the carcinogens from second hand smoke you would have to be in that persons face for so long that you would have to be joined at the nose.. Sorry but I want to see the data that shows this to be true. I am tired of a few scare mongers causing so much trouble for the masses.
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