Tobacco Smoking

Green tea may slash lung cancer risk

14-Jan-2010 By staff reporter

Smokers who did not drink green tea at all may have a 13-fold increased risk of lung cancer, compared with those who drank at least one cup per day, suggests a new study from Taiwan.

Flavonoids linked to lung cancer protection amongst smokers: study

30-May-2008 By Stephen Daniells

The risk of lung cancer amongst smokers may be decreased by as much
as 50 per cent by an increased intake of certain antioxidant
flavonoids, according to a new study from UCLA.

Vitamin may protect some smokers from pneumonia

05-Mar-2004

Vitamin E may lower the risk of pneumonia in some smokers, report
researchers, who say their findings warrant further investigation
of the immune protection offered by the vitamin.

NuCycle in cancer prevention

07-Jan-2004

US-based Integrated BioPharma and The Institute for Cancer
Prevention (IFCP) are to jointly research and develop compounds
with anti-carcinogenic activity produced by transgenic plants.

Beta-carotene may pose health risk for smokers

22-May-2003

Taking supplements of the vitamin A precursor beta-carotene may
increase the risk of colorectal cancer in smokers and drinkers,
according to new research published this week. The study, from four
research centres in the US, comes...

Lycopene interaction with smoking under spotlight

21-May-2003

Researchers are to evaluate whether the positive effects of tomato
lycopene in reducing oxidative stress, previously seen in
non-smokers, is also produced in smokers, a high-risk group for
lung cancer.

Alcohol intake not linked to lung cancer

18-Dec-2002

Alcohol consumption does not appear to be associated with the risk
of lung cancer, at least among light to moderate drinkers,
according to a study in the latest issue of the Journal of the
National Cancer Institute.

Nicotine link to ageing and cancer - new research

29-Oct-2002

US researchers have discovered that a chemical called nornicotine,
naturally present in tobacco and also produced as a metabolite of
nicotine, may contribute to the pathology of diabetes, cancer,
ageing, and Alzheimer's disease.