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Smoking-Related Bladder Cancer on the Rise 

Action Points

* Explain to interested patients that the risk of bladder cancer from smoking appears to be on the rise due to past reformulations of cigarettes.

* Note that low-nicotine cigarettes may lead smokers to inhale more deeply and frequently, leading to greater exposure to carcinogens.

Smokers living in New Hampshire today appear to have nearly four times the risk of bladder cancer of their counterparts in the mid-1990s -- possibly a result of changes to the design and composition of cigarettes in the 1960s and '70s, a new study found.

The risk of bladder cancer increased significantly over three consecutive periods among former smokers, according to an online report published Nov. 16 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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