Women smokers at higher risk of colon cancer taxable - The link between smoking and lung cancer has long been known. Now researchers also found that smoking may increase the risk of colon cancer, especially in women.
Women who never smoked had a 20 percent higher risk of developing colon cancer compared with women who had never smoked. Meanwhile, the more cigarettes each day exhausted, increase a woman's risk of developing colon cancer.
"Women who smoked up to 10 cigarettes a day increase their risk of developing colon cancer," said lead researcher Dr. Inger Gram, a professor from the University of Tromso in Norway, as reported by U.S. News.
The results found by researchers after observing more than 600,000 men and women, aged between 19 0 67 years at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Participants were asked to answer questions about their smoking habits, physical activity, and other lifestyle factors.
Been observed for more than 14 years, approximately 4,000 people are known to have colon cancer. Participants were exposed to colon cancer is most smokers, especially women. In women smokers, the risk of colon cancer increased by 19 percent, while only eight percent in men.
The longer a woman smokes, the younger he started smoking, and the more cigarettes that are used every year, the higher a woman's risk of developing colon cancer. Even women who had smoked for 40 years has increased the risk by 50 percent.
Even so researchers do not know the obvious reason why cigarettes greater effect on women than men. The only way you can do to protect yourself is to stop smoking as soon as possible. The researcher explained that cigarettes only give poison to the body and can not provide benefits.
Women who never smoked had a 20 percent higher risk of developing colon cancer compared with women who had never smoked. Meanwhile, the more cigarettes each day exhausted, increase a woman's risk of developing colon cancer.
"Women who smoked up to 10 cigarettes a day increase their risk of developing colon cancer," said lead researcher Dr. Inger Gram, a professor from the University of Tromso in Norway, as reported by U.S. News.
The results found by researchers after observing more than 600,000 men and women, aged between 19 0 67 years at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Participants were asked to answer questions about their smoking habits, physical activity, and other lifestyle factors.
Been observed for more than 14 years, approximately 4,000 people are known to have colon cancer. Participants were exposed to colon cancer is most smokers, especially women. In women smokers, the risk of colon cancer increased by 19 percent, while only eight percent in men.
The longer a woman smokes, the younger he started smoking, and the more cigarettes that are used every year, the higher a woman's risk of developing colon cancer. Even women who had smoked for 40 years has increased the risk by 50 percent.
Even so researchers do not know the obvious reason why cigarettes greater effect on women than men. The only way you can do to protect yourself is to stop smoking as soon as possible. The researcher explained that cigarettes only give poison to the body and can not provide benefits.
