Are U.S. Cigarettes Deadlier Than Others?
SodaHead Living
2010/06/04 14:00:00
Smoking is a bad habit wherever you are, but it might be even more dangerous in the U.S.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study finds that those puffing on American-made products may receive up to three times the level of carcinogenic nitrosamines as those smoking foreign brands, ABC News reported.
Levels of nitrosamines, a major cancer-causing agent in cigarettes, absorbed by daily smokers in a 24-hour period were compared for 126 smokers in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Australia.
"People smoking the U.S. brand cigarettes [we tested] received a level of this carcinogen in their mouth and lungs that was three times higher compared to smokers in Canada and Australia," says Dr. James Pirkle, deputy director for science at the CDC's National Center for Environmental Health.
But don’t run out and buy foreign brands. Smoking cigarettes greatly increases the risk of cancer no matter where your smokes come from.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study finds that those puffing on American-made products may receive up to three times the level of carcinogenic nitrosamines as those smoking foreign brands, ABC News reported.
Levels of nitrosamines, a major cancer-causing agent in cigarettes, absorbed by daily smokers in a 24-hour period were compared for 126 smokers in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Australia.
"People smoking the U.S. brand cigarettes [we tested] received a level of this carcinogen in their mouth and lungs that was three times higher compared to smokers in Canada and Australia," says Dr. James Pirkle, deputy director for science at the CDC's National Center for Environmental Health.
But don’t run out and buy foreign brands. Smoking cigarettes greatly increases the risk of cancer no matter where your smokes come from.
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Top Opinion
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Bob Pooba 2010/06/04 16:53:04
I say GOOD to those who DON'T smoke!!! and leave me to my habits.(yes I am aware of the consequenses) Whether in the USA or anywhere else it's bad. there's really no place where it is healthy or good. Thanks for all the warning anyway.
People who smoke doesn't harm their own health but they can harm others' health too
when people smoke the poisonous substances get into the air and people around the smoker breathes the smokes.