Cigarette smoking and cancer: Questions and answers

(9 March 2008: VIDYYA MEDICAL NEWS SERVICE) -- Cigarette smoking causes 87 percent of lung cancer deaths. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women. Smoking is also responsible for most cancers of the larynx, oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus, and bladder. In addition, it is a cause of kidney, pancreatic, cervical, and stomach cancers, as well as acute myeloid leukemia.

Read the entire question and answer fact sheet from the National Cancer Institute in today's issue of the Vidyya Medical News Serivce by visiting http://www.vidyya.com/11pdfs/fs10_14.pdf

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