Cancers caused by smoking hit record high, with 160 people diagnosed every day - despite fall in smoking rates READ MORE: E-cigarettes linked to lung cancer, study suggests By Kate Pickles For The Daily Mail Published: 00:01, 9 July 2024 | Updated: 00:01, 9 July 2024 e-mail View comments Smoking-related cancers have reached a record high with 160 people diagnosed every day, new figures show. There has been a 17 per cent surge in cases over the last two decades with the likes of liver, throat and kidney cancers doubling in this time, according to analysis by Cancer Research UK. While smoking rates are falling, the growing population means there are still around 6.

4 million smokers in the UK. The charity is calling on the new government to push ahead with the Tories ’ Tobacco and Vapes Bill, reintroducing it in the first King's Speech later this month. Tobacco is known to cause 16 different types of cancer, with lung cancer alone causing 33,000 cases annually The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2023 health report showed 12.

7 per cent of Brits over the age of 15 smoke cigarettes daily, far higher than the US and New Zealand It would have made it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 2009 effectively stopping further generations from smoking. Dr Ian Walker, Cancer Research UK's executive director of policy, said: ‘Every hour, six families' lives are changed forever by an illness that could have been prevented. ‘Smoking is a uni.