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[quote][b]Another reason to quit smoking for good[/b] 08 April 2006 From New Scientist Print Edition. Subscribe and get 4 free issues. SOME smokers with lung cancer continue smoking, figuring why the hell not. Well, here's why not: it can stop chemotherapy from working. Nor are patches the answer, as it turns out it is nicotine itself that has the effect. Srikumar Chellappan and colleagues at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, Florida, looked at how nicotine affected the performance of three anti-cancer drugs - gemcitabine, cisplatin and Taxol. They added a small dose of nicotine, equivalent to the amount found in an average smoker's bloodstream, to lung cancer cells cultured in the lab, and then treated them with the drugs. Nicotine protected the cancer cells by activating two genes called XIAP and survivin, which prevent the cell suicide normally induced by the drugs (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509313103). To double-check the genes' function, the team switched them off and watched what happened to the cells. "If you do that, and then treat the cells with drugs, the cells will die," explains Chellappan. The prognosis is clear. "Patients who continue to smoke have worse survival profiles than those who quit before treatment," says Chellappan. "Of course they have to be treated, but they should be undergoing smoking cessation programmes."[/quote] How do you like that? Nicotine PROTECTING the cancer cells!!! I can't believe I ever smoked! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 25 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 766 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $100 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 10
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Of course Nicodemon would protect the cancer cells! Urgh. I am so glad that I quit cold turkey; I hate Nicodemon! Thanks for sharing, Breaking! :) Mira [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/15/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 22 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 453 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $77 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 53 [B]Seconds:[/B] 29
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Breaking Free, Thanks for sharing, this is such a great post! Danielle _____________________________ The SSC Support Team
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Son of a B---! Nicotine is bad for you? OMG!! Why didn't the Tobacco- people tell us?!? HOW DID THEY GET AWAY WITH THAT??!!!......... (Great post, BF. Thank you.) Don't smoke, okay? It's bad for you. Mc [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/31/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 280 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,207 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1120 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 27 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 58 [B]Seconds:[/B] 44
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How weird; the nicotine addition causes the cancer; and then protects the cells???? Wow [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/25/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 13 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 363 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $48.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 19 [B]Seconds:[/B] 19
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This is good information, Breaking Free. Thank you. Hopefully, none of us will ever need it. And the list against nicotine and tobacco grows. Shevie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 379 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,592 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1440.2 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 70 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 20 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32

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