Heavier smoking linked to skyrocketing health risks: Study
(World News Science)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Each cigarette smoked per day increases the risk for heavier smokers of contracting some diseases by more than 30 per cent, according to a new international study. The Australian Centre for Precision Health based at the University of South Australia led the study, which links heavier smoking with 28 separate health conditions, revealing a 17-fold increase in emphysema an 8-fold increase in atherosclerosis (clogged arteries) and a 6.5-fold higher incidence of lung cancer. The findings, published in EClinicalMedicine,...