An article in Medical News Today reports about a study done on the genotype of the gene rs1051730-rs16969968. Studies show that this genotype is linked with objective measures of tobacco. This link indicates that lung cancer is mostly caused by the level of tobacco exposure.The study was done by Marcus R. Munafò, Ph.D., of the School of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol and his team. In their research, they found that even after adjusting the self-reported cigarette consumption, the rs1051730-rs16969968 genotype is strongly linked to tobacco exposure through cotinine levels.
This research is significant because past studies were generally based on the participant's self-reported smoking habits, but this could have led to overlooking certain links.
This is i think very good information to tell those who smoke too much. We all know the harms of smoking but don't know why people don't try to quit it. Not only smokers harm themselves but also polluting the surrounding environment and people around them.
ReplyDeleteThere is an article in Science Daily that writes about Cigarette smoke impacting teenagers brains. Cigarette smoking is a common leading preventable cause of death and disease in the US. There are about 400,000 deaths each year attributable to smoking or its consequences. The older generation smokers most likely started at the age 18. Teenagers who do not smoke usually never pick it up later on. Researchers compared non smokers to smokers. They compared the brain function with a focus on the prefrontal cortex. The prefrontal cortex is the area of the brain that guides executive functions like decision making, which is still developing in teenagers. Researchers found that the highly addicted smokers, the less active the prefrontal cortex was, which means that smoking can affect brain functions. This does not surprise me because of smoking can kill you than it can damage many cells or anything for that matter in the body. Even secondhand smoke is very dangerous in society. I myself had lung cancer and I never smoked a cigarette in my life. It was upsetting to know that someone who does not smoke was in the same situation as a smoker. It is very important to keep yourself healthy in society by exercising, eating the right foods, and not stressing.
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