-
The authors also did not control for smoking in the home or for indoor pollutants, although they did control for maternal smoking.
FORBES: 5 Caveats About The Autism And Air Pollution Study
-
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates cigarette smoking results in approximately 443, 000 annual premature deaths.
CNN: Breaking up is hard to do, especially with your cigarette
-
While the study took into account factors that can affect sperm quality, such as age, researchers were unable to control for socio-economic factors, smoking or weight, which have been shown to have a major impact.
BBC: French sperm count 'falls by a third'
-
The Office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) counted 45.3 million American smokers, using the NHIS (available here).
FORBES: Are Federal Taxes Driving Smokers to Stop Lighting Up?
-
Because of the data already being collected about these people, the study allowed Saczynski's group to control for heart disease, heart attack, stroke, smoking, alcohol use and other factors that could have influenced dementia.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS