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A cancer warning has been issued on No Smoking Day
Jump to full article: BBC Online, 2002-03-12
Intro: Anti-smoking campaigners are urging people to quit the habit by reminding them smoking is linked to 14 different types of cancer, causing about 70,000 deaths every year.
On National No Smoking Day on Wednesday, they are warning it is not just lung cancer which is smoking-related.
It comes as a report reveals thousands of people will either die or suffer a severe disability this year following a stroke linked to smoking.
Research shows smoking accounts for one in seven new cases of cancer and only 5% of patients survive more than five years after diagnosis.
Other cancers linked to smoking include pancreatic, renal, bladder, mouth, stomach, liver and cervical.
Smoking is also linked to at least eight other serious medical conditions, including heart attacks, strokes, emphysema and cataracts.
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