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Pascual, the lead researcher in the study, smoking is a precipitating factor of this type of headache, as the prevalence of active smokers is one third higher in migraine sufferers and there is a direct relationship between the number of cigarettes consumed and the frequency of migraine attacks. Though there is no proven mechanism for why smoking increases the frequency of migraines, it is possible that the nicotine and other harmful substances in cigarettes generate excessive amounts of free radicals, causing substantial oxidative stress, which is known to contribute to inflammation, which may then affect the nerves
A Newman Keuls test was used post hoc for parametric data
Traditional tobacco is in decline around the world, and this presents social problems in many rural areas where communities and farmers livelihoods have been built around the crops. Dr Mortimer said QUT was invited to collaborate largely because of the work of Molecular Genetics Professor Peter Waterhouse, also from the Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, and his team in sequencing the genome of Australian native tobacco plant Nicotiana benthamiana