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 [...]
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). Since its discovery, the epidemic of smoking has continued to spread all over the world. In our times, one seldom finds a house not afflicted by it. As early as the [...]
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 [...]