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At this week’s American College of Gastroenterology annual scientific meeting, researchers presented data which supports that women require less exposure to tobacco in order to increase their risk of colorectal cancer. Heavy smokers were almost twice as likely to develop significant colorectal cancer than women who were not exposed to tobacco smoke. The researchers also found that smoking can raise the risk of pancreatic pre-cancerous growths, especially in people who have a strong family history of the pancreatic cancer. Read more. Share your opinion.

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A new study published in the journal Cancer has found a correlation between long term inhalation of incense smoke and significantly elevated risk of upper respiratory tract cancers (except for nasopharyngeal cancer). However, there doesn’t appear to be an affect on the risk of lung cancer. Incense is made from plant materials mixed with oils which, upon burning, can produce a mixture of possible carcinogens, including polyaromatic hydrocarbons, carbonyls and benzene. The researchers are concerned about the public health implications of their study given that incense use is popular around the world. “Besides initiatives to reduce incense smoke exposure, future studies should be undertaken to identify the least harmful types of incense,” they said. Full story.

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