Lung cancer is one of the most common types of human cancer, and smoking is the leading cause of death worldwide. A recent medical study revealed that most people who develop lung cancer could have avoided malignant disease if they had given up on a dangerous habit – smoking – or even cut it down. Experts called for more restrictions on the consumption of tobacco products.
According to the study published in the scientific journal “Plos One”, in Britain 61% of cancer lesions were preventable, for example, if patients quit smoking at some point in their life. Experts warn that smoking is not only harmful to the lungs, but also leads to about 15 types of cancer in organs such as the liver, pancreas, kidneys and stomach.
The study, conducted by French and British researchers, showed that people suffering from poverty in Britain are 17% more likely to develop cancer.
Researchers reported that 21% of cancer cases recorded in the poorest fifth of Brits were caused by smoking.
On the other hand, the data reveals that only 9.7% of cancer cases recorded among the wealthiest people in Britain were due to smoking.
In light of these figures, experts are calling for greater awareness of the dangers of smoking, especially in poor areas where tobacco products are consumed frequently.
The study said that if people reduced their smoking frequency, this would be reflected in a 5,000 decrease in cancer cases among Britain’s poorest population, according to “Sky News”.
But if the British as a whole, poor and rich alike, wanted to cut back on smoking, the number of cancer cases recorded each year would decrease by 16,000.
And health data in Britain indicates that smoking costs the Public Health Service (NHS) around £ 2.4 billion, plus around £ 1.2 billion to secure social care costs related to the consequences of smoking.
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