Early-Morning-Smoking Risk

Cigarette smokers already have a high risk of cancer, but early-morning smokers may be even worse off. Two new studies found that smokers who lit up within 30 minutes after waking were 79% more likely to develop lung cancer and 59% more likely to develop cancer of the head and neck than were smokers who waited at least an hour to have their first cigarette.

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