Potential for genetics to promote public health: Genetics research on smoking suggests caution about expectations
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Results from various studies suggest two possible mechanisms by which genetics testing might improve rates of smoking cessation. Genetic testing can be used to inform individuals of higher risk of lung cancer and thereby increase motivation to quit or this testing can be used to identify candidates for more intensive cessation programs, either on the basis of increased cancer risk or because their genotype helped identify a more effective cessation technique, such as a specific drug therapy.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2006
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Ingested arsenic, cigarette smoking, and lung cancer risk: A follow-up study in arseniasis-endemic areas in Taiwan
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An attempt was made to explain the dose-response relationship between ingested arsenic and lung cancer and to assess the effect of cigarette smoking on the arsenic-lung cancer association. An important dose-response trend of ingested arsenic on lung cancer risk was observed more prominently among cigarette smokers.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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Women's susceptibility to tobacco carcinogens and survival after diagnosis of lung cancer
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A study on lung cancer risk of women compared with men, accounting for age and history of smoking is presented. Results reveal that women have increased susceptibility to tobacco carcinogens but have lower rate of fatal outcome of lung cancer compared with men.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2006
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