Smoking not only leads to lung cancer, but also bladder cancer, kidney cancer, esophagus cancer, tumors in the head and neck, pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, cervical cancer and acute myeloid leukemia are (partly) caused by smoking. Smoking in combination with too much alcohol increases the risk of tumors in the head and neck and esophageal cancer even more.
Scientific research is constantly providing new evidence about the harmful effects of smoking. These are the most recent insights into the role of smoking in contracting the following cancers:
Smoking causes lung cancer. In ten people with lung disease, smoking directly triggers nine of these people’s diseases. There are indications that women develop lung cancer at a lower exposure rate to the harmful substances in cigarettes than men. This most likely has to do with female hormones. Non-smokers rarely get lung cancer. Fewer than one in one hundred non-smokers will ever die from lung cancer. However, second hand smoking can also induce lung cancer. Non-smokers are therefore advised to minimize the amount of smoke inhaled due to others smoking.
These tumors occur in the oral cavity, tongue, throat, esophagus and larynx. In regards to oral cancer it is known that smokers have two to four times more chance to get this type of cancer than non-smokers. The risk of cancer is even greater when smoking is associated with regular alcohol consumption (three or more drinks daily), poor oral hygiene, or prolonged irritation of teeth.
Scientific research has shown that smoking increases the risk of stomach cancer, liver cancer, and pancreatic cancer. The disease is more common in men than in women, and usually occurs after the age of sixty.
Smokers have 1.5 times the risk of kidney cancer than nonsmokers. This type of cancer is more common in men than women. It occurs at all ages, but especially between the ages of 55 to 75 years.
In practice, we see that cervical cancer is more common in women who smoke than women who do not smoke. The human papilloma virus (HPV) often plays a role with this type of cancer. Infection with HPV may eventually result in a preliminary stage of cervical cancer. Usually, the body clears these abnormal cells. If not, then these cells can develop into cancer. Smoking affects the immune system so the body haves more difficulty to clear an HPV infection.
Also, vulvar cancer is more common in women who smoke than women who do not smoke. As with cervical cancer, the human papilloma virus (HPV) plays a role with vulvar cancer. Smoking affects the immune system so the body has more difficulty to clear out an HPV infection.
Smoking causes one in five cases of acute myeloid leukemia. Carcinogens in tobacco smoke are in the bloodstream and can cause damage. This type of cancer is slightly more common in men than women and usually affects adults.
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