Smoking can cause colon cancer

Tobacco is condemned . A study published in the international scientific journal Gastroenterology said smoking increased the risk of colon cancer by 2.14 times compared to non-smokers. hours.

Now scientists have added another type of cancer: colorectal cancer (CRC). This is the result of a multidimensional analysis published in Gastroenterology and conducted by the Department of Epidemiology and Biology, European Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy based on 42 small studies. Smoking increases the risk of this type of cancer by 2.14 times compared to non-smokers and 1.47 times in those who have ever smoked.

(Artwork: Uoguelph.ca) For every 10 years of smoking, people who have ever smoked have a 13% higher risk of getting tumors than those who have never smoked.

People who smoke a bag every day for 50 years or two in 25 years will double the risk of colorectal polyps compared to those who never smoke. The results of the study showed that 20-25% of cases of colorectal cancer are caused by cigarettes.

Dr Albert B.Lowenfels of New York College of Medicine, Valhalla, New York said: 'Smoking has not been taken into consideration until now to classify patients for colorectal imaging. The results of our study may help lower the age for smoking patients to get colorectal cancer. '

By 2020, smoking will kill more people than diseases like AIDS, tuberculosis, maternal deaths at birth, car accidents, suicide and homicide because the world has about 35% of men are addicted to this substance.