Effects of smoking
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Smoking and cancer
Smoking is by far the greatest avoidable risk for developing many types of cancer including throat, mouth, oesophagus, lung, stomach, kidney, bladder and cervical (neck of the womb). It’s also linked to some types of leukaemia (cancer of the white blood cells).
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- About nine out of ten lung cancers are caused by smoking, either directly or through passive smoking.
- If you smoke, you’re approximately three times more likely to develop bladder cancer than someone ...
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