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Smoking Causes Cancer
Facts You Should Know
- Smoking causes cancers of the mouth, throat, larynx (voicebox), lung,
esophagus, pancreas, kidney, and bladder.
- Smoking causes cancers of the stomach, cervix, kidneys, pancreas, and
acute myeloid leukemia, which is a cancer of the blood.
- Cigarette smoking causes most cases of lung cancer. Smokers are about
20 times more likely to develop lung cancer than nonsmokers. Smoking
causes about 90 percent of lung cancer deaths in men and almost 80 percent
in women.
- Using both cigarettes and alcohol causes most cases of larynx cancer.
- Certain agents in tobacco smoke can damage important genes that
control the growth of cells and lead to cancer.
- Smoking low-tar cigarettes does not reduce your risk for lung cancer.
Smoking causes
90% of lung cancer
deaths in men and
80% in women. |
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