Stop that or you'll go deaf!
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:58 am
Smokers, passive smokers more likely
to suffer hearing loss, study shows
ScienceDaily.com
Giving up or reducing smoking and avoiding passive exposure to tobacco smoke may reduce your risk of hearing loss, new research shows.
Smokers and passive smokers more likely to suffer hearing loss, study shows
Current smokers have a 15.1% higher odds of hearing loss than non-smokers The University of Manchester study, funded by Action on Hearing Loss, Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research, found.
Passive smoking also increased the likelihood of hearing loss by 28%.
But ex-smokers had a slightly reduced risk of going deaf -- which may be because once they quit they adopt a more healthy life style overall.
The study is published in the Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology today.
Researchers looked at 164,770 UK adults aged 40 to 69 years of age who took hearing tests between 2007 and 2010 when they joined UK Biobank, a national project to improve health.
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to suffer hearing loss, study shows
ScienceDaily.com
Giving up or reducing smoking and avoiding passive exposure to tobacco smoke may reduce your risk of hearing loss, new research shows.
Smokers and passive smokers more likely to suffer hearing loss, study shows
Current smokers have a 15.1% higher odds of hearing loss than non-smokers The University of Manchester study, funded by Action on Hearing Loss, Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research, found.
Passive smoking also increased the likelihood of hearing loss by 28%.
But ex-smokers had a slightly reduced risk of going deaf -- which may be because once they quit they adopt a more healthy life style overall.
The study is published in the Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology today.
Researchers looked at 164,770 UK adults aged 40 to 69 years of age who took hearing tests between 2007 and 2010 when they joined UK Biobank, a national project to improve health.
MORE