Flavonoid intake and risk of pancreatic cancer in male smokers (Finland).

Georgia had the highest rate of male smokers in the survey, 38 percent, while Utah had the lowest, 17.9 percent.

Average weekly cigarette consumption in 1988 was 120 for male smokers and 99 for female smokers.

The increase to an average of 120 cigarettes therefore suggests a reversal of the trend to lower consumption among male smokers.

In a recently reported case, a heart attack was listed as the cause of death of a 48-year-old male heavy smoker.

The higher the risk of heart disease (for example, a male smoker with high blood pressure and diabetes), the greater the need to get cholesterol levels down.

Earlier research had shown that the high risk of heart attacks in male smokers goes away within a few years of stopping.

That's why the first such trial, among 29,000 male Finnish smokers followed for five to eight years, is of such pertinence.

This may help to explain why male smokers have underweight children.

There is some evidence that synthetic vitamin E (all-rac-alpha-tocopherol) might help prevent stroke in male smokers who have high blood pressure and diabetes.