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Smoking Causes Cancers
Smoking Causes Cancers
Tragically, more than 150,000 Americans die each year from lung cancer, making it the number one cause of cancer deaths for both men and women. Frighteningly, only 12-15% of patients who acquire lung cancer are currently being cured by cancer treatments, yet more than 90% of all cases of lung cancer are preventable in the sense that they are caused by smoking.
Symptoms of lung cancer include repeated attacks of bronchitis or pneumonia, coughing up blood, a nagging cough, loss or appetite, pain in the arm and chest, unexplained weight loss, wheezing, hoarseness, shortness of breath, and swelling of the face and arms.
Other Types of Cancer Caused by Smoking:
We're all familiar with the notion that lung cancer is caused by smoking. But what many people are not aware of is that smoking can also cause or contribute to a variety of other cancers as well.
Most people know that cancer is associated with smoking. Unfortunately, many don’t truly realize the increased risks and seriousness of this disease. And the sad fact is that these cancers are in large part completely preventable. Simply give up smoking. Smoking is a toxin and, as such, it causes damage to every organ in the human body. Therefore, it has been connected to at least 10 different types of cancers, including pancreas, bladder, kidney, cervix, esophagus, larynx, lung, and stomach. Smoking is responsible for almost one third of all cancer deaths.
Throat Cancer
Laryngeal cancer, also known variously as throat cancer, vocal cord cancer, or cancer of the glottis, occurs when tumors form on the voice box, vocal chords, or other areas of the throat.
Smokers are at a greater risk of developing throat cancer than non-smokers, and those who smoke and drink alcohol are at an even greater risk. Throat cancer occurs most often in adults over the age of 50. For some reason, men are as much as ten times more likely to develop throat cancer than women.
Symptoms of throat cancer include a sore throat that does not go away after one to two weeks, even after the use of antibiotics. Hoarseness that persists for one to two weeks is another possible symptom. General difficulty swallowing, neck pain, unintentional weight loss, swelling in the neck, coughing up blood, and high pitched breathing sounds are other symptoms.
Cancer of the Esophagus
Esophageal cancer, or cancer of the esophagus, occurs most often in men over 50 years old. The esophagus is a muscular tube that is responsible for transporting food from the mouth to the stomach. There are two forms of cancer of the esophagus. One type, squamous cell cancer, is closely linked to smoking, as well as to alcohol consumption.
Symptoms of squamous cancer of the esophagus include pain or difficulty when swallowing, pain behind the breastbone, weight loss, indigestion, heartburn, cough, and hoarseness.
Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer generally occurs in the transitional cells of the bladder, which are the cells that line the bladder. Smoking cigarettes makes a person five times more likely to develop bladder cancer. In fact, up to 30% of bladder cancer in women and 50% of bladder cancer men is caused by smoking.
Bladder cancer is an aggressive cancer which can readily and quickly spread to nearby organs, including the urethra, prostate, vagina, uterus and rectum. It is also liable to spread to the pelvic lymph nodes, the bones, the lungs, and the liver.
Symptoms of bladder cancer include frequent urination, blood in the urine, painful urination, and urinary urgency. Bone pain or tenderness, urinary incontinence, anemia, abdominal pain, weight loss, and lethargy may also be experienced.
Kidney Cancer
Kidney cancer is also known as renal cancer, adenocarcinoma or renal cells, and hypernephroma. It affects approximately 3 in 10,000 people and 12,000 people die every year from the cancer. It is more common in men than and women, particularly affecting men over 55.
Smoking dramatically increases the likelihood of developing kidney cancer. This cancer metastasizes, or spreads, very easily. It most often spreads to the lungs or to other organs. Tragically almost a third of patients with kidney cancer have metastasized by the time the cancer is diagnosed.
Symptoms of kidney cancer include abnormal urine color (rusty, dark, or brown), blood in the urine, back pain, weight loss, malnourished appearance, abdominal pain, enlargement of one testicle, and swelling of the abdomen.
Stomach Cancer
Stomach cancer, also known as gastric carcinoma, comes in a variety of forms. The most common form Adenocarcinoma is the most common type of cancer affecting the digestive tract. It occurs most often in men over 40.
Diagnosis of stomach cancer is often delayed either because there are no early symptoms or because sufferers mistake the signs for other less serious disorders, when they experience vague discomforts such as a sense of fullness, bloating, or gas.
Symptoms of advancing stomach cancer include difficulty swallowing, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and feeling of fullness, abdominal pain, breath odor, excessive belching, excessive gas, weight loss, and a general decline in health.
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