Stop smoking this way could lead to brain cancer, reveals a study
Nicotine, including stains and gums, could contribute to the spread of lung cancer to the brain.
We do not need to tell you every way smoking is bad for your health and it's an individualdangerous habit in the middle of a pandemic of a respiratory virus. But at the same timestop smoking is an essential step to take for your general well-being, the way you leave could have effects on the long-term health of its own. Most products that people use to replace cigarettes, including fixes, gums and vapes contain nicotine. And while using them could reduce your desire for cigarettes, new research has shown that nicotine itself could actually help lung cancer become brain cancer.
Wake School of Medicine Forestry scientists have looked at why up to 40 percent of people with the most kind of common lung cancerDevelop metastatic brain cancer. In a new study published in theJournal of Experimental MedicineThey found that nicotine can promote propagation (or metastases) of cancer cells of the lungs to the brain.
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Nicotine is itself not considered a carcinogen, but the results of this study are important for both smokers and those who use nicotine products to quit. While smoking cigarettes is a major cause oflung cancer, Scientists have discovered that nicotine is what has changed some cells in the brain, move them from a protective role to support the growth of tumors.
The average survival time of patients with metastatic brain tumors is less than six months, so that all users, either nicotine or not they are smoking cigarettes may want to consider eliminating the substance causing dependence of their life. "On the basis of our results, we do not think thatNicotine replacement products are the safest way for people with lung cancer to stop smoking, "the primary author of the studyKounosuke Wataba, PhD, Professor of Cancer Biology at Wake School of Forest Medicine, in a statement.
It is important to remember that, given all the negative health effects of smoking, cigarettes quit smoking is always a better choice for your body than no. What the Wake Forest study shows, however, is that all methods of quitting smoking are created equal. If you are considering nicotine patches, gums, or even vaping, make sure you know that the risks do not end with landing cigarettes.
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