Tag Archive for 'Guernsey smokers'
Women who smoke when pregnant predispose grandchildren to asthma
October 29th, 2012 by BioMed Central Limited
The dangers of smoking on smokers and their children are widely known. Research published in a paper ‘Perinatal nicotine exposure induces asthma in second generation offspring‘ in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Medicine demonstrates that nicotine exposure also causes asthma in the smoker’s grandchildren. Asthma is a major public health problem. It is the […]
Cigarettes kill us, foul our air, and litter our streets
May 31st, 2012 by Events
According to the World Health Organisation “tobacco products are the only legally available products that can kill up to one half of their regular users if consumed as recommended by the manufacturer.” The World Health Organisation has designated 31 May as “World No Tobacco Day“. Every year nearly six million people die from tobacco use […]
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