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Tobacco smoking alone isn’t enough: More than smoking important in lung cancer death by Adi Jaffe

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Posted Tue 11 Jan 2011 11:19am smoke tobacco, you will die of lung cancer or heart disease.” Smoking, however, is often neither a sole nor sufficient ‘cause’ of lung cancer, coronary heart disease.... This does not mean that smoking is harmless, but rather that other risk factors must be causing or interacting with smoking to cause the other 9 out of 10 deaths from lung cancer Read on »

New Study Suggests Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer by Chelsea Green Patient Expert

Posted Fri 28 Aug 2009 5:55pm

1 Comment In study after study, the causal relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer has been firmly established. Less so with marijuana. Smoking marijuana does damage cells in the lungs and airways—however, the damaged cells die rather than reproduce. They fail to become malignant. In a 2005 study at UCLA, Professor Donald Tashkin’s research Read on »

Lung Cancer & Smoking by Anthony R. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 21 Nov 2008 4:47pm

2 Comments disease among non-smokers, but today people who are continuously exposed to tobacco smoke in enclosed places are also at risk. Other risk factors of lung cancer include..., and prevents the passage of air. Quitting smoking is the best way to stay away from lung cancer. The most common symptom of lung cancer is a persistent or chronic cough. Shortness Read on »

Lung cancer in non-smoking, fe… by Matthew Z. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 19 Oct 2010 7:25am Lung cancer in non-smoking, female young adults is not ok. # stupidcancer Read on »

Lung cancer patients who quit smoking double their survival chances by Karen Bastille Health Maven

Posted Fri 22 Jan 2010 10:04pm Research: Influence of smoking cessation after diagnosis of early stage lung cancer on prognosis: Systematic review of observational studies with meta-analysis This is the first review of studies to measure the effects of continued smoking after diagnosis of lung cancer and suggests that it may be worthwhile to offer smoking Read on »

It’s worth quitting smoking – even after developing lung cancer by Cancer Research UK Patient Expert

Posted Tue 16 Mar 2010 12:00am Everyone knows that quitting smoking makes a huge difference to a person’s chance of developing lung cancer. But what about people who already have lung cancer? Does..., and concluded that the chances of surviving early-stage lung cancer are greater for people who stop smoking after they’re diagnosed than for people who carry on. Aveyard’s team searched Read on »

New data challenges assumptions about smoking and lung cancer by Mark Pool, MD Posted Sat 31 Jul 2010 10:44am Data presented at the recent 11th International Lung Cancer Congress challenges the commonly accepted notion that most lung cancer patients are current smokers or only recently quit after the onset of lung cancer-related symptoms. A retrospective study of 626 lung cancer patients treated at a tertiary care center reported that 77% of patients had Read on »

Cigarette Smoking and Lung Cancer by Dr. Nagaraj

Posted Mon 09 Nov 2009 8:49pm and bears a large proportion of deaths attributable to smoking worldwide. Lung cancer is the leading cause of death among smokers. In 2007, there were an estimated 213 380 new lung... Cigarette smoking has been identified as the second leading risk factor for death from any cause worldwide. In 2000, an estimated 4.83 million deaths were attributed Read on »

Will quitting smoking help promote health…....after a lung cancer diagnosis? by Partnership for Prevention Posted Wed 21 Apr 2010 2:22pm A new study published in the British Medical Journal states that smoking cessation offers a significant benefit to early-stage lung cancer patients by reducing... is striking", said H. Jack West, MD, medical oncologist at the Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle, Washington, and author of the Blowing smoke blog on Medscape Oncology. “This effect Read on »

Lung Cancer Screen: A License to Smoke? by Medline Plus Posted Fri 17 Dec 2010 5:43pm Journal add to the debate over whether patients will perceive negative results in a lung cancer screen as a license to smoke or a chance to quit... the disease by 20 percent compared to ordinary X-rays. Caught early, lung cancer can be cured surgically, but it causes vague symptoms and usually Read on »