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Girls who smoke as teenagers increase their cancer risk
Jump to full article: BBC Online, 2002-10-04
Intro: Smoking as teenagers significantly increases women's risk of going on to develop breast cancer, researchers have found.
Canadian researchers found women who began smoking within five years of starting their periods were around 70% more likely to develop cancer later in life than non-smokers.
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