Friday 25 June 2010

Smoking, coronary heart disease and lung cancer.

Smoking is directly related to coronary heart disease. The toxins in cigarette smoke cause plaques to form in the arteries which leads to atherosclerosis. Smoking also increases blood pressure, increasing the likelihood of stroke. Congestive heart failure is closely liked to atherosclerosis and smoking.

In America 61 million people suffer from a form of cardiovascular disease. 2600 die every day due to coronary heart diseases. Coronary heart disease caused by smoking is the leading cause of death in America and has been linked with sudden cardiac death in both men and women.
Smoking related coronary heart disease is thought to contribute to congestive heart failure. 4300 Americans die from this disease every year.

People who smoke are at a much higher risk than those who don't. Clearly smoking is a huge contributor, if not the main source, for coronary heart disease.

Smoking causes 9 out 0f 10 cases of lung cancer. There around 39,400 people diagnosed with lung cancer in the UK every year. It is the second most common cancer in men and third in women in the UK but is the most common type of cancer worldwide.
Smoking causes 90% of lung cancer deaths as smokers are 15 times more likely to die from lung cancer than non-smokers.
Quitting smoking has a postive reducing effect on the liklihood of developing lung cancer. This can be seen on the graph below.






The graph clearly shows then benefits of quitting smoking and the relation to lung cancer. It also highlights the connection between smoking and lung cancer.

Smoking is the primary cause of lung cancer and is responsible for the most deaths worldwide when looking at cancer. Smoking is the primary cause of lung cancer, and if it is the cause of 90% per cent of cases then by eliminating smoking you could reduce lung cancer occurance by 90%, which would almost eliminate it.

References:

www.cancerhelp.org.uk/type/lung-cancer/about/lung-cancer-risks-and-causes

http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/tabaccostatistics/a/heartdiseases.htm

http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/types/lung/riskfactors/index.htm

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