Does a gene cause smoking addiction? Agenetic variation could prompt craving for smoking and increasingchances of lung cancer and arterial disease, according to aninternational study. The study covered 3,700 people from sevencountries either with lung cancer or arterial disease and a further30,000 disease free control subjects.
Greg Jones of theUniversity of Otago said receptors in the brain activated bynicotine appear to be more active in the people with this geneticvariation. Consequently, they have a greater tendency to becomeaddicted to smoking. Findings of the study have been published in thelatest issue of the journal Nature. “Inheriting this one factormeans they face a double whammy. Not only are they more likely to beheavier smokers but their risk of lung cancer increases by 18 percentand their risk of arterial disease goes up by 10 percent,” he added."The bottom line is that regardless of whether you have the geneticvariation or not, you should not smoke," says Jones. Group Moderator for [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connect your World with Us join Now - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dimpill_gang/join Affiliated group from dimpill_gang for Only Adult Mails - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fantazies/join Affiliated group from dimpill_gang for Only Health and Food Mails - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Health_and_Gourmet/join Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. You name it, we have it on http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/
