Jump to full article: The Scotsman, 2008-06-22
Author: Murdo MacLeod
Intro: SMOKING causes hundreds of thousands more deaths each year than previously thought, dramatic scientific research has revealed.
A study, led by experts in Glasgow, showed heightened chances of dying from cancers of the colon, rectum and prostate, as well as from lymphatic leukaemia.
These illnesses cause 930,000 deaths worldwide each year, in addition to more than five million smoking-related deaths estimated by the World Health Organisation as being caused by diseases such as lung cancer, which have long been linked to smoking.
Scotland's health minister and anti-smoking campaigners have welcomed the study as further proof of the need to clamp down on the habit. . . .
The new study, which has been published in the journal Annals of Oncology, was carried out by a team led by experts at Glasgow University and was based on data from 17,363 male civil servants based in London.
Information about their health and habits has been collated since the 1960s
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