Smoking Contributes to Development of Many Types of Cancer
Smoking has been identified as a causative factor in a number of different types of cancer according to an article published in the June 2015 edition of JAMA Internal Medicine. The researchers combined data from several studies and concluded that smoking can contribute to the development of twelve types of cancer. When taken together smoking contributes to nearly half of all deaths due to cancer, according to this study. Altogether, smoking cigarettes is responsible for more than 345,000 deaths in the United States each year.
Smoking cigarettes can contribute to the following types of cancer:
Lung Cancer
Cancer of the Larynx
Esophageal Cancer
Mouth and Throat Cancers
Bladder Cancer
Liver Cancer
Cancer of the Uterus and Cervix
Stomach Cancer
Kidney Cancer
Myeloid Leukemia
Pancreatic Cancer
Colorectal Cancer