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 Smoking causes genetic damage linked to colon cancer
New evidence suggests cigarette smoking may be the cause of damage to cells? genes that can lead to colon cancer, according to a report published in the Nov. 15 issue of the Journal of the National Ca..
 Aggressive breast cancer linked to smoking
Swedish researchers have found that women who smoke and have breast cancer tend to develop a more aggressive form of the disease, called hormone receptor-negative (HR-) breast cancer, according to a s..
 Cigarette smoking increases bladder cancer risk
Journal of the National Cancer Institute (Vol. 93, No. 7), but an American Cancer Society (ACS) expert on cancer risk urges caution in interpreting the study’s results.
At the University of Souther..
 Women smokers face higher risks of complications from breast reconstruction surgery
Women who quit smoking for at least three weeks prior to breast reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy may significantly reduce their risk of complications, according to a new report in the Februar..
 Media increases cigars popularity
It seemed to come at the height of public awareness about the dangers of cigarette smoking: cigars were making a comeback. Cigar bars sprang up across the country. Magazines showing movie stars smokin..
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 Genes may determine how people can best quit smoking
Genetics may play a role in the success of smoking cessation programs, according to a study presented yesterday at the American Cancer Society?s (ACS) 43rd Science Writers Seminar in Dana Point, Calif..
 Exercise lowers cancer risk, even for smokers
Men who report being at least moderately active at work have a lower risk of developing colon and rectal cancer than those who are more sedentary, according to findings published recently in Cancer Ep..
 While ads glamorize smoking, women buy it and pay
The tobacco industry?s successful targeting of women as new customers, begun decades ago, is now showing up as a huge increase in women?s lung cancer rates, according to the most recently released rep..
 Lung cancer rates increasing
Lung cancer deaths are leveling off, according to a study in the Feb. 21 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI). This trend reflects of the number of teenagers who began smoking..
 Actors continue to smoke on screen,despite ban
Cigarette brand endorsement by actors in the U.S. film industry has increased since the formal product-placement ban in 1988, according to a recent study in The Lancet.
According to the study, the..
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