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Cancer risk increases with the number of cigarettes smoked per day, confirms study – News-Medical.Net

Today, in advance of World No Tobacco Day, The Daffodil Centre released an Australian first study, with findings showing tobacco smoking significantly increased…

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Today, in advance of World No Tobacco Day, The Daffodil Centre released an Australian first study, with findings showing tobacco smoking significantly increased the risk of 12 types of cancer and that 1-in-7 current smokers will get lung cancer in their lifetime.
The risk of cancer increased with the number of cigarettes smoked per day, and even ‘light’ smokers of 1-5 cigarettes per day had an almost 10-fold increased risk of lung cancer.
The findings were drawn from the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up…

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