Smokers must be aware of the many risks involved with smoking. Statistics have shown that smoking does have a relationship with many different types of cancer. This page will give you more of an insight on what risks you are taking everytime you decide to take another hit of that cigar or cigarette. You will see that smoking may not be what you want to do afterall.
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Can increase the risk of several cancers including: cancer of the oral cavity (lip, tongue, mouth, throat), esophagus, |
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Increases the risk of heart disease and and COPD (chronic obstuctive pulmonary disease), which is a type of lung cancer |
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Doubles the risk for oral cancers and esophageal cancer compared to someone who has never smoked |
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The Amount you smoke affects the risks |
Smoking three to four cigars per day increases the risk of oral cancer to 3 and a half times that of a non smoker, smoking more than five cigars per day raises the oral cancer risk to 16 times that of a nonsmoker
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Inhaling affects the risks |
Cigar smokers who ingale deeply have 27 times the risk of oral cancer, 15 times the risk of esophageal cancer, and 53 times the risk of the cancer of the larynx
Based on research from the American Cancer Society, each year smoking claims more than 400,000 lives in the U.S. Here's a chart of the cancer death rates.
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