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• UAE doctors join worldwide cancer awareness campaign 

Prolonged pollution exposure blamed for increase in cases
Jump to full article: Gulf News (ae), 2010-02-03
Author: Mahmood Saberi, Senior Reporter

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Dubai: The slogan of the International Union against Cancer this year is: "If you love someone, tell them they stink".

You can click on a heart-shaped button on the Union's website and send that message to someone who smokes.

The World Health Organisation (Who) believes tobacco is the single largest preventable cause of cancer in the world today. Smoking causes 80 per cent of all lung cancer deaths, including deaths from cancer of the oral cavity, larynx, oesophagus and stomach.

The Who theme for World Cancer Day, which is today, is: "Cancer Can Be Prevented Too."

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