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alledan
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Jul. 15, 2002 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study shows smoking has an effect on colorectal cancer.
Researchers say results from the study show cigarette smoking may have a small protective effect on cancer of the distal colon, but they say it seems implausible that smoking is the sole reason for protection against it. However, they did find cigarette smoking increases the risk of cancer of the proximal colon. They also found smoking cigars is linked to the development of rectal cancer.
The colon has two regions. The distal, or left, colon consists of the descending colon, sigmoid colon, and large intestine while the proximal, or right, colon consists of the cecum, appendix, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, transverse colon and splenic flexure.
Researchers in Canada examined cancer cases from 21 sites in Montreal between 1979 and 1985. Participants were between ages 35 and 70 years old.
Previous studies show people with heavy exposure to tobacco have twice the risk of developing colorectal cancer as those unexposed to tobacco.
Researchers also say smokers tend to eat more meat and less fruit and vegetables, which are negatively associated with colorectal cancer, than nonsmokers.
Researchers say results from the study show cigarette smoking may have a small protective effect on cancer of the distal colon, but they say it seems implausible that smoking is the sole reason for protection against it. However, they did find cigarette smoking increases the risk of cancer of the proximal colon. They also found smoking cigars is linked to the development of rectal cancer.
The colon has two regions. The distal, or left, colon consists of the descending colon, sigmoid colon, and large intestine while the proximal, or right, colon consists of the cecum, appendix, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, transverse colon and splenic flexure.
Researchers in Canada examined cancer cases from 21 sites in Montreal between 1979 and 1985. Participants were between ages 35 and 70 years old.
Previous studies show people with heavy exposure to tobacco have twice the risk of developing colorectal cancer as those unexposed to tobacco.
Researchers also say smokers tend to eat more meat and less fruit and vegetables, which are negatively associated with colorectal cancer, than nonsmokers.
Comments
and anti-gun people .. In fact most ANTI'S of all types. Leave people
alone and let God sort them out.
Studies have shown cigars do not produce cancer like cigarettes.
Happy Bullet Holes!
Where exactly are the researchers inserting cigars and cigarettes to come to their conclusions
24 HOURS IN A DAY ,24 CANS OF BEER IN A CASE !!COINCIDENCE??
anti-gunners, want my guns? come get em, if you're able.
And I already do feel bad and sad for the folks I know who smoke (and I feel especially sad for those who have tried to stop and almost succeeded and then fell back into it ... man that has got to be tough! I'm not being judgmental, that's what I am told.).
My roomie in the hospital a couple weeks ago (when I was in for a pulmonary embolism) sure wishes he had stopped long before now!
Ken
B - BreatheR - RelaxA - AimS - SightS - Squeeze
Quote (even if it kills me I'll die happy)
Did you ever watch someone die? gasping and choking until their last breath? It's not pretty and you will not die happy. This I can guarantee.
for 2 mos. now & you can bet your sweet bippy he aint happy
& he DID quit smoking.
also, did i see you say something about minding ones own business?
barto
the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
Funny thing -- although I remember the cruddy stuff about smoking -- the ugly ashtrays full of butts, the bad aftertaste, the trashmouth kisses -- but a cigarette still looks good to me at times. But then I remember how much easier it is not to start than it was to quit.
- Life NRA Member
"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878