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Article: LUNG CANCER LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG SMOKERS.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 22, 1991
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Byline: Associated Press
Cigarette smoking will cause more than 157,000 cancer deaths this year, the National Cancer Institute estimated Wednesday, adding that lung cancer now kills more smokers than heart disease.
Based on a new study, institute researchers said smoking also plays a major role in cancers of the mouth, esophagus, pancreas, larynx, bladder and kidney.
The study said that smoking was the major risk in 91.5 percent of oral cancers among men and 86.7 percent of larynx cancers among women.
"Smoking directly increases the mortality risks for at least eight major cancer sites, including a number of sites for which trends in ...