Smoking rates are dropping...
but cancers caused by cigarettes are at an all time high. Now experts reveal the worrying reasons behind the surge READ MORE: E-cigarettes linked to lung cancer, study suggests By Chris Pollard Published: 11:51 EDT, 9 July 2024 | Updated: 11:55 EDT, 9 July 2024 e-mail 19 View comments Soaring cases of smoking-related cancer are being driven by medical advances, population growth and the legacy of widespread cigarette addiction, say experts. New research shows the number of people diagnosed with cancer caused by smoking has hit an all-time high, with 160 new cases per day.
However, despite the 17 per cent surge in cases since 2003, the number of smokers has plummeted over the last 20 years. Lung cancer researcher Dr Rob Hynds, of University College London , believes several factors are behind the surprising data — not least that even those who quit the habit two decades ago are still at raised risk of developing cancer. He said: 'The proportion of people dying of lung cancer is declining as you would expect based on the reduction in smoking.
Tobacco is known to cause 16 different types of cancer, with lung cancer alone causing 33,000 cases annually Despite plummeting smoking rates, the number of smoking-related cancer cases continue to soar because ex-smokers are still being diagnosed 'But our understanding of cancer is dramatically better now than it was, and that has enabled us to attribute more cancers and types of cancer to smoking. 'For exa.
