smoke

Brownson is also surprised that the blue zone recommendations don’t mention smoking.

"As we age, we seem to metabolize a molecule known as NAD. The loss of this molecule is also seen after DNA damage, for instance the type of damage associated with smoking," Morten Scheibye-Knudsen says.

In affected areas, residents urgently need to protect themselves from inhaling wildfire smoke, which is comparable in composition to secondhand smoke without the nicotine.

A patient with heart disease can improve their prognosis by taking medicine, changing their diet, getting more exercise or quitting smoking.

When the Mountain fire broke out more than two weeks ago, Samuel and Florentino witnessed the all-too familiar hazy, gray sky and the smell of smoke as they harvested strawberries in an Oxnard field.