Smoking Exposure Now Linked to Colon, Breast Cancers

Jazzy · Post by **Jazzy** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:10 am

THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Add colorectal cancer to the list of malignancies caused by smoking, with a new study strengthening the link between the two.

And other studies are providing more bad news for people who haven't managed to quit: Two papers published in the December issue of Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a themed issue on tobacco, strengthen the case for the dangers of secondhand smoke for people exposed to fumes as children and as adults.

Inhaling those secondhand fumes may raise a woman's odds for breast cancer or a child's lifetime risk for lung malignancies, the studies found.

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G-man · Post by **G-man** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:40 am

Smoking should be banned. It's just bad.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:44 am

G-man;1269507 wrote: Smoking should be banned. It's just bad.No way that's ever gong to happen. How would life insurance companies weasel out of paying claims?

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:27 am

I agree your colon and breasts should never smoke.