The smoker who lights his first cigarette in the morning would be more likely to develop cancer than one who smokes later, two recent studies indicate.
Addicted to cigarettes in the morning have to worry about. The findings of two studies published in the journal Cancer showed the increased risk of developing lung cancer, head or neck depending on whether one smokes his first cigarette at sunrise or one hour after: Early risers have 79% more likely to have lung cancer than those who wait at least an hour before grilling them one.
Similar results observed for cancers of the head and neck: smokers who prefer to wait half an hour after waking to smoke their first cigarette were 60% increased risk of developing cancer of the head and neck. It is 40% for those waiting more than half an hour.
The more one smokes, the sooner it is harmful, these two studies seem to show. In other words how to "consume" a cigarette would play a role as the quantity of cigarettes consumed.
The amount of nicotine in question
How to explain this fact? Compulsive smokers have higher levels of nicotine in their bodies, and may be more dependent than smokers who are waiting longer before smoking.
Paradoxical results with no surprises. In 2009, a study was already interested in the risk of developing cancer from the time of the first cigarette. The result was again clear: over the first cigarette was smoked earlier in the day, plus the amount of cotinine in the blood increased. Cotinine is a derivative of nicotine produced by the body and causing risk of lung cancer.
Rather than wait for further studies sobering recalling the harmfulness of smoking, read our six myths about smoking and advice to stop smoking.