Life Desk :
Debunking a long-held popular belief that smoking cigarettes helps keep one slim, researchers have now found that even second hand exposure to cigarette smoke can cause weight gain.
“For people who are in a home with a smoker, particularly children, the increased risk of cardio-vascular or metabolic problems is massive,” said Benjamin Bikman, author and professor of Physiology and Developmental Biology at the Brigham Young University (BYU), Utah in the US.
For the study, researchers exposed laboratory mice to second-hand smoke and followed their metabolic progression. Those exposed to smoke put on weight.
– Indo-Asian News Service, London
Debunking a long-held popular belief that smoking cigarettes helps keep one slim, researchers have now found that even second hand exposure to cigarette smoke can cause weight gain.
“For people who are in a home with a smoker, particularly children, the increased risk of cardio-vascular or metabolic problems is massive,” said Benjamin Bikman, author and professor of Physiology and Developmental Biology at the Brigham Young University (BYU), Utah in the US.
For the study, researchers exposed laboratory mice to second-hand smoke and followed their metabolic progression. Those exposed to smoke put on weight.
– Indo-Asian News Service, London
