Re: Article: Cigarette smoke blocks cells' healing ability

Ray Johnstone wrote:


False. Smokers are less likely to have heart disease and cancer than
nonsmokers.

Dream on dude -


http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Web+pages/ABS+Release+Advice?OpenDocument

Tobacco Smoking in Australia: A Snapshot, 2004-05 (4831.0.55.001) is expected to be released on Friday 15 September 2006

This article provides a brief overview of the prevalence of tobacco smoking and the morbidity and mortality attributed to smoking. Information about the health system costs associated with smoking and the health status and demographic characteristics of smokers is included. This article uses data from the 2004-05 ABS National Health Survey (NHS) as well as previous National Health Surveys from 1995 and 2001. Estimates of deaths attributable to smoking which use ABS Causes of Death data are included. The article also draws on data from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) and other sources.



http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/46d1bc47ac9d0c7bca256c470025ff87/96cd57be9ea8acbaca256dea00053a78!OpenDocument
Australian Bureau of Statistics
1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2004

Smoking

Worldwide, smoking is estimated to cause almost five million premature deaths each year (WHO 2002). In Australia, it is estimated that around 19,000 people died as a result of smoking in 1998 (Riddolfo & Stevenson 2001). Among other conditions, smoking is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, other types of cancer and various respiratory and cardiovascular diseases (WHO 2000). In 2001, people aged 18 years and over who currently smoked were 2.0 times more likely to have bronchitis and were 1.7 times more likely to have emphysema compared with non-smokers. In relation to other conditions such as coronary heart disease, there was little difference between current smokers and people who had never smoked. However, current smokers combined with ex-smokers were 1.4 times more likely to have coronary heart disease and were 1.7 times more likely to have a malignant cancer than those who had never smoked. These higher disease rates - apparent once ex-smokers are included - suggest that certain health conditions may be associated not only with current smoking but with a history of smoking.





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