Question

write an essay on cancer is caused by tabacco

Answer 1

How smoking tobacco affects your cancer risk

About half of all Americans who keep smoking will die because of the habit. Each year more than 480,000 people in the United States die from illnesses related to tobacco use. This means each year smoking causes about 1 out of 5 deaths in the US.

Smoking accounts for about 30% of all cancer deaths in the United States, including about 80% of all lung cancer deaths. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women, and is one of the hardest cancers to treat.

Not only does smoking increase the risk for lung cancer, it’s also a risk factor for cancers of the:

Mouth

Larynx (voice box)

Pharynx (throat)

Esophagus (swallowing tube)

Kidney

Cervix

Liver

Bladder

Pancreas

Stomach

Colon/rectum

Myeloid leukemia

Cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and spit and other types of smokeless tobacco all cause cancer. There is no safe way to use tobacco.