Smoking ⁽³⁾

The international medical journal The Lancet published a study on Tuesday (September 8) reporting that more than 2.71 billion people worldwide are exposed to the hazards of secondhand smoke, of whom 767 million are children aged 14 or under. In 2023 secondhand smoke caused nearly…

As long as we are alive, our respiratory tract is constantly exchanging gases with the outside world. Each day we inhale about 10,000 liters of air, which contains the oxygen our bodies need as well as a great many harmful substances. But over the long…

A study by the Alcohol and Tobacco Research Group at University College London shows that smoking one cigarette shortens life by an average of 20 minutes. To be precise, each cigarette shortens a man's life by an average of 17 minutes and a woman's by…