Daijiworld Media Network – New Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 20: A major new medical analysis has delivered a stark warning to “light” or occasional smokers: even two to five cigarettes a day can sharply increase the risk of heart failure and premature death. The large-scale study, published in PLOS Medicine, examined data from more than 3.2 lakh adults over nearly two decades and revealed that low-intensity smoking is far from harmless.

The research team, led by Dr Michael Blaha of Johns Hopkins University, pooled information from 22 long-running cohort studies spanning different regions. The combined dataset of 323,826 adults, followed for up to 19.9 years, offered one of the clearest pictures yet of how even minimal smoking affects long-term health. By analysing smoking behaviour, health outc

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