Word: lungingly
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...also find that smoking as few as five cigarettes per day can reduce lung function growth of both boys and girls during adolescence," the study's lead author, Diane Gold, said in a statement...
...study also provided the most conclusive connection between smoking and adolescent lung damage...
...teenage girls who do not take up smoking are likely to reach and maintain a higher maximal lung function while those who smoke may begin an early decline in their lung function," said Gold, who is assistant professor of medicine at School of Public Health...
...After about age 20 to 25, one starts losing lung function irreversibly at a rate of 1 percent per year in a nonsmoker," Dockery said. "If you have things that accelerate loss, this puts you at greater risk of developing emphysema and other pulmonary diseases...
...study, published in the September 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, followed 5,000 boys and 4,900 girls between 1974 and 1989. Researchers tracked the actual development of lung function among individuals including smokers and non-smokers...