Michigan became the 38th state with a smoke-free law, banning smoking in workplaces, restaurants, bars, malls, arenas, health facilities and child care centers, with exemptions for Detroit's casinos, tribal casinos, cigar bars and tobacco specialty shops.
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Smoking raises type 2 diabetes risk even after quitting
Johns Hopkins researchers followed 10,892 adults for up to 17 years and found people who quit smoking faced a 70 percent higher risk of type 2 diabetes in the first six years, still 30 percent higher at the study's end. They suspect weight gain after quitting.
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Quitting smoking helps heart attack survivors
Israeli researchers followed 1,500 heart attack survivors for 13 years and found those who quit smoking were 37 percent less likely to die during follow-up than those who kept smoking. People who had never smoked had a 43 percent lower risk of dying.
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How Dangerous is Outdoor Second-Hand Smoke?
A study of cotinine in nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke outdoors found levels up to 162 percent above the control group. Separate research identified bacteria of medical significance, including Acinetobacter, Klebsiella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in every cigarette tested.
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Secondhand smoking raises breast cancer risk
The piece backs the US Preventive Services Task Force's move to start mammograms at 50, arguing screening has not been shown to cut mortality and citing Samuel Epstein's point that tumours are found long before doctors can tell which ones threaten a patient's life.
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Benefits of quitting smoking happen in 20 minutes
The American Cancer Society says heart rate and blood pressure drop within 20 minutes of quitting, and promotes its Great American Smokeout as a date to stop. Smokers who quit by 35 gain about eight years of life expectancy, by 55 about five, and by 65 about three.
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