Cigarette Smoking and Cancer

Paper Summary:

This paper identifies the extent to which cigarette smoking is responsible for cancer and the types of cancers caused by smoking. The paper examines the main cancer-causing ingredients in cigarette smoke and explains how they cause cancer.

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Abstract
How Far is Cigarette Smoking Responsible for Causing Cancer
Types of Cancer Caused by Cigarette Smoking
Cancer-causing Ingredients in Cigarette Smoke
The Cancer-Causing Mechanism

From the Paper:

"A major WHO Cancer Report in 2003 identifies tobacco consumption as "the most important avoidable cancer risk" worldwide ("Global Cancer Rates" 2003). According to the U.S. National Cancer Institute , "cigarette smoking alone is directly responsible for approximately 30 percent of all cancer deaths annually in the United States" ("Cigarette Smoking and Cancer," 2004). Since active smoking is a purely voluntary act, these statistics make cigarette smoking the single most preventable cause of death in the United States. Statistics on Cancer in other developed countries are no different with approximately a third of all cancer deaths in the UK being attributable to smoking in the year 2000 ("Fact sheet No. 4" 2005). Although the rising smoking trend in the developed world, including the United States, has reversed in recent decades due to increased awareness about the harmful effects of smoking, it is increasing in the developing world by 3.4% per year ("Tobacco and the Developing World," 2007). "

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Global cancer rates could increase by 50% to 15 million by 2020." (2003). WHO: Media Center. Retrieved on March 26, 2007 from http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2003/pr27/en/
• "Cigarette Smoking and Cancer: Questions and Answers." (2004). National Cancer Institute: Fact Sheet. Retrieved on March 26, 2007 from http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/cancer
• "Fact sheet No. 4." (2005). ASH (Action on Smoking and Health). Retrieved on March 26, 2007 from http://www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact04.html
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