Does habitual smoking cause other cancer besides lung cancer?
Jun 23, 2010 in
Mesothelioma FAQs
Both my parents were long term smokers who died of cancer (neck and stomach), but not lung cancer. Could smoking have caused their cancer?
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5 comments
july on June 23, 2010 at 8:00 am
In addition to Amaretta and Iceman’s list, I would like to add that almost all bladder cancer is caused by smoking. My grandmother died of it.
Amaretta on June 23, 2010 at 8:00 am
Yes, smoking is also a risk factor for cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, neck, stomach and pancreas, as well as for heart disease and emphysema.
iceman on June 23, 2010 at 8:00 am
Yes, mainly oral, nasal, and throat cancers. Almost all primary oral cancers are related to either smoker or using dip/chew.
Smokers are at slightly higher rates for many other cancers as well. But the ones mentioned above they are at considerably higher rates for.
Scarlette Mae on June 23, 2010 at 8:00 am
Yes, defiantly. Smoking can cause cancer in every part of the body, not just the lungs. That is why smoking is so bad for you. There are millions of other illnesses that smoking can cause too. It is 99% likely that your parents cancer came from their long term smoking.
lo_mcg on June 23, 2010 at 8:00 am
Smoking can increase the risk of cancers of the mouth, nose and sinuse, larynx, oesophagus, stomach, pancreas, bladder, liver, cervix and kidney, and of myeloid leukaemia.
It is not true that smoking can cause cancer anywhere in the body, and it is certainly not true to saym, as someone has, that it’s 99% sure your parents’ cancers were due to smoking. Only 20% of stomach cancers are thought to be caused by smoking.
A third of bladder cancers in women and two thirds in men are caused by smoking; 20% of pancreatic cancers are thought to be linked to smoking.