Cancer from Smoking.

March 9, 2011 1 comment

Smoking and Cancer.

Avoid tobacco use to prevent cancer. Knowing the following facts about the association of tobacco and cancer will tell you why.

Every study conducted across the globe has strongly linked tobacco with cancer. It is classified as group A (or 1) carcinogen – meaning a definite and highly risky carcinogen.
Smoking is the single biggest cause of cancer in the world.
Chewing tobacco causes cancer and has been associated with oral cancer and cancer of the pancreas.
Lung cancer from smoking is a known fact, but smoking has also been linked to cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidneys and the cervix.
Second hand smoke is also a high risk cancer cause.
How smoking causes cancer. It is the Tar in cigarette smoke which contains more than 60 known carcinogens, which interfere with the normal growth of the cell. These carcinogens can damage the DNA in a normal cell. This causes the normal cell to mutate and become a cancer cell. Read cancer to know how a normal cell becomes a cancer cell.
About 10% of smokers die of cancer.
One-third of cancer deaths in the developed countries are due to tobacco use.
According to the American cancer society, more than 85% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking.
In the U.K. smoking accounts for 25% cancer deaths.
Smoking a cigar or light cigarette does not reduce your cancer risk.

Action Step: If you are a smoker, then know for sure, that smoking causes cancer. Therefore :

And, if you are non smoker, stay away from smokers as it will put you to cancer risk due to the second hand smoke (the smoke exhaled by a smoker).

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