The Statistics of Throat Cancer Risk Factors

Image by Nikita2706 in Wikipedia Pretty much everybody knows that smoking and alcohol increases risk of throat cancer. Some even realize that oral sex contributes to increased risk of throat cancer due to the HPV virus . However, what is more hazy is how high these risks are compared to individuals who do not partake of such activities. So, here are some statistics of throat cancer risks (references listed below). Using a calculator , a specific risk of cancer can be calculated based on…

5/30/2016 0

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Mouthwash May Increase Risk of Oral Cancer

Drinking alcoholic beverages is known to increase risk of oral cancer. It is now suspected that using mouthwash containing alcohol (i.e., original Listerine) may also increase risk for oral cancer. When it comes to drinking alcoholic beverages like beer, individuals who consume 50 or more grams of alcohol per day (approximately 3.5 or more drinks per day) have at least a two to three times greater risk of developing oral cancer than nondrinkers. Moreover, the risk of cancer is substantiall…

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Santa Claus Cigarette Ad Blast From the Past

Given the holidays, take a look at this cigarette ad from the past... Times truly have changed (for the better)!

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Smoker's Kids Have More Ear Infections

Although not entirely new news... a new review paper which collated the results of 61 past studies has reaffirmed that smoking around kids increases their risk of ear infections  dramatically. Just how much? Kids living with a smoker had a: 37 percent higher risk of ear infections and hearing problems 62 percent higher risk of ear problems if the household smoker was their mom 86 percent more likely to undergo ear surgery than kids without secondhand smoke exposure Read a MSNBC…

9/09/2011 0

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Smoking is Highly Addictive in Kids (Teens and Babies) [video]

All it takes is one cigarette a month. A recent study in Pediatrics that tracked the course of addiction to smoking among a group of sixth-graders found that smoking only one cigarette a month was all it took to become dependent. In the study titled " Early Course of Nicotine Dependence in Adolescent Smokers ," the researchers found that one cigarette a month or one cigarette a week was enough to keep addiction satisfied, but as time goes by, the child has to smoke cigarettes m…

5/31/2010 0

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"Smoking Kills" Doctor Warned in 1606!!!

On Sept 19, 2009, the BBC published a story " Tobacco Warning from 17th Century " in which a physician, Dr. Eleazar Duncan, wrote a letter published in 1606 stating that tobacco "is so hurtful and dangerous to youth that it might have the pernicious nature expressed in the name, and that it were as well known by the name of Youths-bane as by the name of tobacco." It goes to show you that physicians have been trying and still trying to get people to stop smoking for over 4…

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