SERBA MANFAAT

BENEFITS OF CIGARETTES FOR THE BODY 1. Smoking reduces the risk of breast cancer A new study in the journal of the National Cancer Institute (May 20, 1998) reported that carriers of certain gene mutations (which tend to be carriers of breast cancer), who smoked for more than 4 pack years (ie, the number of packs per day multiplied by the number of years smoking ) according to statistics apparently decreased significantly by 54 percent in incidence of breast cancer when compared with carriers who never smoked. One of the strengths of this study is that the decrease in incidents exceeds the 50 percent threshold. 2. Smoking Reduces Parkinson's Risk A lot of evidence suggests that smoking against Parkinson's disease. A recent study adds strong evidence to previous reports that smoking can protect people from Parkinson's disease. In particular, the new study shows a temporal relationship between smoking habits and reduced risk of Parkinson's disease. That i