Why cigarette smoke makes flu?

July 27, 2008 by Qossay Takroori  
Filed under Health And Medicine

A team of researcher at Yale University School Of Medicine new study could explain why the cold and flu virus symptoms that are often mild and transient in non-smokers can seriously sicken smokers. The finding was published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, and it explains the mechanism by which viruses and cigarette smoke interact with each other to increase lung inflammation and damage.

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New anti-nicotine vaccine to help you quit smoking

July 24, 2008 by Qossay Takroori  
Filed under Health And Medicine

Why is it so hard to quit smoking? The answer is simple, Nicotine. Nicotine is a drug found naturally in tobacco, it is highly addictive and over time people become physically and emotionally addicted to or dependent on nicotine.

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