Even One Cigarette a Day Jeopardizes Health -

Even One Cigarette a Day Jeopardizes Health - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today: " Even One Cigarette a Day Jeopardizes Health

By Jeff Minerd, MedPage Today Staff Writer
Reviewed by Rubeen K. Israni, M.D.,
September 21, 2005
MedPage Today Action Points

* Advise patients that even smoking as little as one to four cigarettes per day significantly increases the risk of heart disease, lung cancer, and all-cause mortality.

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OSLO, Norway, Sept. 21-One to four cigarettes per day, generally considered light smoking, nearly triples the risk of heart disease and lung cancer, researchers here reported.

Even one cigarette a day is enough to put a smoker's health in jeopardy, Kjell Bjartveit, M.D., of the National Health Screening Service here reported and colleagues in the September issue of Tobacco Control."/.../