What They Say About Tobacco Is True

Oxford University experts Doll and Peto wrote: “No single measure is known that would have as great an impact on the number of deaths attributable to cancer as a reduction in the use of tobacco . . . The principal impact would be on the incidence of cancer of the lung, which by late middle age is more than ten times greater in regular cigarette smokers than in lifelong non-smokers.”

The eradication of smoking would also reduce the frequency of other cancers. “A material effect would also be produced on the incidence of cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, bladder, probably the pancreas, and perhaps the kidney.”​—The Causes of Cancer.

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SAMPLE COMPARISON OF DEATHS DUE TO CANCER IN MALE TOBACCO SMOKERS AS AGAINST ANTICIPATED FIGURE FOR NONSMOKERSb

Each man represents 100 deaths

LUNG CANCER

NON-SMOKERS 231 Deaths Expected

SMOKERS 2,609 Deaths Observed

MOUTH AND THROAT CANCER

NON-SMOKERS 65 Deaths Expected

SMOKERS 452 Deaths Observed

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