KAISAKI-1SU at h.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Shoichi Kaisaki) wrote:
>This subject may not be suitable for this group. But I think it is
>important for anyone on the earth.
>Does anyone know the reference which concluded that smoking shortens the
>life. I know that there are many reports showing the association between
>smoking and ischemic heart disease or malignant diseases. But I think the
>effects of smoking on human body is not restricted to bad ones. It may
>have some good effects on some types of people. So I want to know whether
>there are any decisive reports that compared the survival between smoker
>and non-smoker prospectively.
>Thanks in advance.
>S.Kaisaki
>Department of Surgery,
>University of Tokyo
I saw on a TV news that the Chinese are producing
medicinal or herbal cigarettes either to reduce
the negative impact of cigarette smoke or to
produce certain therapeutic effects or both.
By the way, since you're in Japan, may be
you can update us on the report I read some time
ago that Japanese scientists are trying to
isolate a new class of anti-biotic or polypeptide
from the maggots of common house flies. The
maggots survive in very harsh, germ-infested
environments and apparently have very
effective immune defenses.
Please share whatever you have here, or if
you prefer, email me.
T. Hayashi
sender at forecasts.com
