In just 5 years tobacco caused 2.4 million cases of cancer in the U.S.
September 8th, 2008
The CDC report says in the five year period between 1999 to 2004, tobacco was responsible for 2.4 million cases of cancer in the U.S.
Top of the table were as might be expected, lung and bronchial cancer which accounted for almost half the cases, but the CDC says cancers of the larynx, mouth and pharynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, kidney, bladder, cervix, as well as acute myelogenous leukemia, were also found to be caused by tobacco.