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To: Alter Kaker
Smoking dramatically increases risks for a great many kinds of cancer, including breast, prostate and colon, dramatically increases the risks of heart disease, dramatically increases the risks of diabetes and stroke, etc.

If smoking dramatically increases the risk of breast cancer, why don't they list it on risk assessment?

144 posted on 08/01/2006 10:14:50 AM PDT by Dianna
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To: Dianna
I'm not sure I know the answer. But the link between breast cancer and tobacco use is firm. This excellent study of 116,000 women found a 32% increase in breast cancer rates among smokers. If you want links to other studies, I'd be happy to provide them.
152 posted on 08/01/2006 11:04:49 AM PDT by Alter Kaker ("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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To: Alter Kaker; Dianna

If smoking dramatically increases the risk of breast cancer, why don't they list it on risk assessment?

RESEARCHERS BLAST CALIFORNIA EPA REPORT: SECONDHAND SMOKE FINDINGS BIASED, FLAWED

01/30/2006-The American Cancer Society stated unequivocally, in a written comment,  that it did not agree with Cal-EPA's conclusion that secondhand smoke was a cause of breast cancer, and that published evidence did not support the requisite criteria for causation.

159 posted on 08/01/2006 12:14:12 PM PDT by SheLion ("If you're legal, you can fly with the Eagle!" - Michael Anthony)
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