West Virginia and Kentucky, where smoking is a tradition, have the highest death rate due to smoking and related illnesses, new federal study has founded.

Ten states have been identified, which have the highest average annual smoking death rates these include Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Oklahoma.

Utah and Hawaii were at the bottom, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.

The death rate because of smoking related health problem was 371 and 344 out of 100,000 adults aged above 35, in Kentucky and West Virginia, respectively.

That number was nearly one-and-a-half times higher than the figure provided by the official media i.e. 263 per 100,000. This figure was nearly three folds to than the death rates in Utah, which are 138 per 100,000.

The researchers compile results by calculating the death certificates from 2000 to 2004, focusing on lung cancer and other 18 diseases, which are known to cause by smoking.

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Six new mutant genes have identified in connection with obesity, which alter nervous system control over eating and metabolic rate, researchers reported.

Joel Hirschhorn in collaboration with Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) analyzes 15 different studies conducted on entire human genetic map and isolates six new genetic variations.

“These findings are a big achievement in better comprehension of the way, human body regulates weight,” Dr. Alan Guttmacher, said in a statement.

“This study really doubles in one fell swoop the number of genetic factors contributing to obesity as a public health problem,” added Dr. Kari Stefansson.

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