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  1. Why lung cancer screening is important, especially for minorities

    ... smoking history ― that's someone who smoked a pack a day for 20 years or two packs a day for 10 years ― and currently smoke or quit within the past 15 years.

  2. Hypnosis - Mayo Clinic

    That may include, for example, ways to ease pain or reduce cravings to smoke. The provider also may help you visualize vivid, meaningful mental images of ...

  3. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Prevention · Don't smoke. Smoking increases the risk of DVT . · Manage weight. Obesity is a risk factor for DVT . Regular exercise lowers the risk of blood clots.

  4. Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center Archives

    ... smoked. Do you know the other risk factors for lung cancer? Why cancer patients should stop smoking. Regardless of how long you've smoked, stopping smoking ...

  5. Abdominal aortic aneurysm - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Smoking can weaken the walls of blood vessels, including the aorta. This ... If you smoke or chew tobacco, quit. Also avoid secondhand smoke. If you ...

  6. Mayo Clinic Minute: Learn about lung cancer

    "Ninety percent of lung cancers are related to cigarette smoking," says Dr. Swanson. Early detection and treatment also help lower the numbers. "The holy grail, ...

  7. Mayo Clinic expert on the importance of lung cancer screening

    Reisenauer says the new guidelines allow a broader population to be eligible for screening. "Any patient with a significant smoking history and over age 55 (are ...

  8. Nicotine Addiction/Food Diaries/Healthy Holiday Meals: Mayo Clinic Radio

    ... smoke cigarettes, and more start every day. ... Jon Ebbert, who treats patients at the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center, talks about the latest approaches ...

  9. Epidemiology and Genetics of Lung Cancer Research Program - Lung Cancer and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Shared and Unique Biological Pathways

    Moreover, the association between COPD and lung cancer holds even in the absence of smoking — that is, people with COPD who have never smoked (never smokers) ...

  10. Mayo Clinic Minute: Vaping chemicals, not water

    Is vaping safer than smoking tobacco? Dr. Hays says that vaping probably is safer, but he stresses that it is not safe. "Never inhale anything in your lungs ...