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*[[Pancreatic carcinoma]].<ref name=aboutcom>{{cite web |url=http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/tobaccostatistics/a/cancerstats.htm |title=Smoking and Cancer - Statistics for the U.S. |last1=Martin |first1=Terry |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=January 17, 2011}}</ref>
*[[Pancreatic carcinoma]].<ref name=aboutcom>{{cite web |url=http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/tobaccostatistics/a/cancerstats.htm |title=Smoking and Cancer - Statistics for the U.S. |last1=Martin |first1=Terry |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=January 17, 2011}}</ref>
*Myeloid leukaemia.<ref name=canceruk>{{cite web |url=http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/causes/lifestyle/tobacco/ |title=Tobacco and cancer risk - statistics |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=January 17, 2011}}</ref>
*Myeloid leukaemia.<ref name=canceruk>{{cite web |url=http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/causes/lifestyle/tobacco/ |title=Tobacco and cancer risk - statistics |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=January 17, 2011}}</ref>
==Second hand smokers==
The relative risk for lung cancer in second hand smokers versus non-smokers is approximately 1.3.<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|214}}</ref>


==No association with cancer==
==No association with cancer==

Revision as of 04:04, 12 May 2011

Smoking is a thing people do to destroy their health. On the plus side... these people may be cheaper to care for, i.e. they have lower health care costs, as they die earlier.[1][2]

Non-malignant disease

  • Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Cancer

Second hand smokers

The relative risk for lung cancer in second hand smokers versus non-smokers is approximately 1.3.[6]

No association with cancer

  • Breast cancer.

References

  1. van Baal PH, Polder JJ, de Wit GA, et al. (February 2008). "Lifetime medical costs of obesity: prevention no cure for increasing health expenditure". PLoS Med. 5 (2): e29. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050029. PMC 2225430. PMID 18254654. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2225430/.
  2. Staddon, John. "The Social Benefits of Smoking". http://www.carolinajournal.com/articles/display_story.html?id=5041. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Smoking Related Cancers". http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/11-2006/smoking-related-cancers.html. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Martin, Terry. "Smoking and Cancer - Statistics for the U.S.". http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/tobaccostatistics/a/cancerstats.htm. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  5. "Tobacco and cancer risk - statistics". http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/causes/lifestyle/tobacco/. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  6. Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 214. ISBN 978-1416054542.