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Sean Penn was photographed smoking during the Golden Globes ceremony at the Beverly Hilton, seated next to Leonardo DiCaprio while host Nikki Glaser roasted the evening; the moment underscored Penn’s well-known smoking habit and drew quick commentary from media observers.
Heart surgeon Dr. Jeremy London highlights six habits to avoid for better heart health, including smoking, vaping, alcohol consumption, soft drinks, mouthwash with alcohol, refined foods, and ultra-processed foods, emphasizing their negative impact on the body and cardiovascular risk.
The American Heart Association's revamped risk calculator highlights smoking, diabetes, and high blood pressure as major risk factors for heart disease, with kidney disease also serving as a warning sign. While age and sex are uncontrollable risks, lifestyle changes like quitting smoking and managing blood pressure can significantly reduce one's risk. The calculator helps users understand their personal risk and emphasizes the importance of preventive measures to lower the incidence of cardiovascular disease.
A dermatologist explains that early wrinkles and deeper grooves can be predicted by signs such as sun exposure, poor skincare routines, and smoking, with lifestyle choices playing a significant role in skin aging.
Hyderabad oncologist Dr. Raghuram advises young adults in their 20s to avoid habits like smoking, sedentary behavior, poor diet, sleep deprivation, and vitamin D deficiency to reduce long-term cancer risk, emphasizing early lifestyle changes for better health outcomes.
Dr. Jeremy London emphasizes four key lifestyle factors—avoiding smoking, managing cholesterol, controlling blood sugar, and monitoring blood pressure—as crucial for preventing heart disease, highlighting the importance of healthy daily habits over medical interventions.
For the first time in Great Britain, more adults use vapes than smoke cigarettes, with 5.4 million vaping compared to 4.9 million smoking, reflecting a decline in smoking rates and rising vaping popularity, especially among younger adults. Health experts acknowledge vaping as less harmful than smoking but caution about potential risks, especially for children and non-smokers. The government is implementing new regulations to restrict sales and marketing of vaping products to protect youth, amid ongoing efforts to reduce smoking-related deaths.
A new study indicates that nearly everyone experiencing a first-time heart attack, heart failure, or stroke has at least one risk factor such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, elevated blood sugar, or smoking, suggesting these conditions often precede serious cardiovascular events.
Research indicates that vaping is significantly less harmful than smoking tobacco and can be an effective tool for quitting cigarettes, but public perception remains largely negative due to media and misinformation. Vaping delivers less toxic chemicals, and while not risk-free, it poses lower health risks, especially compared to the dangers of smoking. It is recommended for current smokers as a quitting aid, but not for non-smokers or young people, as concerns about nicotine addiction and gateway effects persist. Closing the perception gap could save millions of lives by encouraging more smokers to switch to vaping.
Dr. Gurmeet Singh Chabbra emphasizes that while some lung damage from smoking and pollution may be irreversible, lifestyle changes such as quitting smoking, exercising, improving indoor air quality, eating antioxidant-rich foods, staying hydrated, practicing breathing exercises, and getting vaccinated can help restore lung function and prevent further harm.
Lebanon is experiencing the fastest rise in cancer cases and deaths globally, driven by air pollution, smoking, and environmental factors, with experts urging government action to improve health screening and anti-tobacco measures.
A recent study indicates that quitting smoking at any age, including middle age and beyond, can slow cognitive decline and reduce the risk of dementia, emphasizing that it's never too late to quit for brain health.
The study investigates how sex and smoking influence somatic mutations and clonal expansion in normal human bladder tissue, revealing sex-specific differences in mutation selection and a link between smoking and TERT promoter mutations, which may contribute to bladder cancer risk.
A parent is concerned after discovering her son's male counselor smoking near a school, but the advice emphasizes trusting the counselor's overall positive role and advises against reporting the incident to avoid damaging the child's relationship with the counselor.
A cardiologist emphasizes that lowering cholesterol effectively involves three key lifestyle changes: losing modest weight, quitting alcohol and smoking entirely, and increasing physical activity. These changes not only improve lipid profiles but also significantly reduce overall cardiovascular risk.