World No Tobacco Day
Tobacco and Cancer Tobacco use is a leading cause of cancer and of death from cancer. People who use tobacco products or who are regularly around environmental tobacco smoke (also called secondhand smoke) have an increased risk of cancer because tobacco products and secondhand smoke have many chemicals that damage DNA. Tobacco use causes many types of cancer, including cancer of the lung, larynx (voice box), mouth, esophagus, throat, bladder, kidney, liver , stomach, pancreas, colon and rectum, and cervix, as well as acute myeloid leukemia. People who use smokeless tobacco (snuff or chewing tobacco) have increased risks of cancers of the mouth, esophagus, and pancreas. Gynec and Uro Cancers Female cancers like cervical and vulvar are caused by tobacco. Cervical cancer is second most common cancer in Indian females. One woman dies of it every 8 minutes. It becomes all the more important to abstain from tobacco as it can prevent cancer . Kidney and urinary bladd
