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Coffee is one of those pleasures that few dislike. Its aroma and flavor make it one of the most consumed beverages in the world. Well, now a study developed by a team of researchers from the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (France) has determined that smokers are unable to taste something as simple as coffee because the toxic substances contained in cigarettes hinder the regeneration work of the taste buds.

Although a high protein diet can help us lose weight and fat in the short term, two new studies conclude that in the long term excess protein can affect our health and reduce our life span. Both studies have been published in the journal Cell Metabolism.

In the period from adolescence to early adulthood, the brain continues to develop, and it is precisely the stage that coincides with the age group that most often smokes. The effects on the physical development of the brain of young adults have been exposed in the latest study from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.

Although quitting smoking implies an improvement in our general health and a reduction in the risk of cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases and in the development of cancer, now, a new joint study from the universities of Oxford, Birmingham and Kings College London, has shown that the effects of quitting smoking are also felt on mental health.

Women who smoke or have smoked about a packet of tobacco a day for 10 years or more have a higher risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer. This is the decisive conclusion of the latest study from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and published in the journal Cancer.

According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Internal Medicine, smokers are more likely to consider quitting on Monday than any other day of the week. In contrast, Saturdays are the day that tobacco addicts think least about quitting their habit (145% less than Monday).

Good students smoke less, according to a study in which the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) participates and which highlights that secondary school students who do not have parental consent to smoke also consume fewer cigarettes.

According to a recent study carried out by experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, 30% of miners, as well as employees in hotels and restaurant services, are smokers, which places these professionals like those who consume the most tobacco. Construction workers follow in the ranking.