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People who smoke soon after getting up in the morning are more likely to develop cancer than those who light up later in the day, say US researchers.
A study of 7,610 smokers, published in the journal Cancer, said the effect was independent of other smoking habits.
Smoking in the first 30 minutes after waking nearly doubled the, already high, risk of lung cancer.
A new research establishes that ‘excessive’ drinking raises the risk of some cancers.
The study which is reported in the British Medical Journal looked at 363,988 people and found that 10% all cancers in men and 3% in women were caused by alcohol consumption, either present or in the past.
The study found that men who drank more than two (standard-sized) drinks a day and women who drank more than one drink a day were particularly at risk of alcohol-related cancers.
When alcohol is metabolized in the body it produces a chemical which can damage DNA, and consequently increase the chance of developing some cancers.
Past research has already established a link between alcohol consumption and cancers of the esophagus, liver, bowel and female breast.
Of the cancers known to be linked to alcohol, the researchers suggest that 40% to 98% occurred in people who drank more than the recommended maximum.
The effect of smoking and healthy body weight on cancers are well known but now including scaled-down alcohol consumption would reduce the risk even further.
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Police discoveries of marijuana plantations are becoming common in South Africa as hardly a week goes by without police “stumbling upon” them. A recent police bust saw the arrest of teenage growers of the illicit plant. Thursday another huge plantation was discovered.
On Thursday (February 10) police in Pretoria stumbled upon a two hectare marijuana plantation in Atteridgeville suburb, a township in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, in Pretoria, South Africa, with an estimated street value of about US$690,000.
The illicit plantation was in various stages of maturity, ranging from seedlings to fully grown plants.
Students
The problem of drugs is fast becoming a bane for South African schools as students increasingly get involved in illicit drug business.
Early February, five 14-year-old high school pupils were arrested in Johannesburg for allegedly owning a “dagga” plantation and dealing in the drug.
Reports said the boys’ 8 square meter plantation was discovered when a boy reported to the police after smelling dagga in the area.
After being questioned, the boy led the police to the plantation where they found the four boys and arrested them.
“Some of the dagga plants were already picked-up and dried. More schoolboys might have been involved.
“It is suspected that they were smoking it and a possibility that they were also selling it to other school children may not be ruled out” police said.
Besides cultivating marijuana for trade, some claim in courts that they use the weed to chase away goblins or to exorcise evil spirits.
Effects
Effects of smoking are generally felt within a few minutes and peak in 10 to 30 minutes but many first-time users talk of feeling nothing at all.
The effects include dry mouth and throat, increased heart rate, impaired co-ordination and balance, delayed reaction time, and diminished short-term memory.
Strong doses prompt more intense and often disturbing reactions including paranoia and hallucinations.
Most of marijuana’s short-term effects wear off within two or three hours.
This is a wake up call for South African leaders as Marijuana stumble upon are becoming the trend.
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