The genetics underpinning a smoker’s risk of developing lung cancer have been further unpicked by UK scientists.
Three areas of DNA were found to be linked with lung cancer risk in smokers – two of them influencing the type of cancer which develops.
It supports previous studies which have suggested a family link, even after taking smoking [...]
By Muhammad al-Jibaly
Introduction
Discovery Of Tobacco
Tobacco was discovered by the Spanish sailors on the American shores at about 1500 CE (900 AH). [...]
Insufficient cheaper alternatives and a large former refugee population are fuelling tree-felling and dependence on charcoal in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, adversely affecting the environment, say analysts.
Most urban households use charcoal for everyday cooking. “We use a sack of charcoal every four days because our family is large,” said Zahra Omar, a mother of [...]