Male smokers are about 20 times more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smokers. (ACS)
Lung cancer mortality rates are more than 20 times higher for current male smokers and 12 times higher for current female smokers. (US Department of Health and Human Services. Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking: 25 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, Ga US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 1989)
Smoking is responsible for 87% of lung cancers.
This one is simple: STOP SMOKING NOW!!
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