WHAT ARE THE DISEASES THAT SMOKING CAN CAUSE?
There are many reasons that lead people to finally make the
decision to stop smoking.
Besides the monetary cost (the new
Federal tax that went into effect on April 1, 2009, amounts to
$1.
01!), or the social...
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WHAT ARE THE DISEASES THAT SMOKING CAN CAUSE?
There are many reasons that lead people to finally make the
decision to stop smoking.
Besides the monetary cost (the new
Federal tax that went into effect on April 1, 2009, amounts to
$1.
01!), or the social stigma of smoking, the best reason to convince you to stop
smoking should be for your health and the health of those around you.
If you
would like to live a long, healthy life, that is.
It has long been known that smoking causes 30% of all deaths due to cancer, with
lung cancer topping the list.
Smoking is the cause of about 87% of all lung cancer
deaths.
It’s an equal opportunity cancer that kills both men and women, and is
difficult to treat.
Cancers of the larynx, mouth, throat, bladder and the
esophagus have been directly related to smoking since the 1980s.
Here in the
21st
century, doctors are finding that the list of cancers that smoking causes has
increased to include acute myeloid leukemia, cervix, kidney, pancreatic and
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