A recent study done on more than 800 women in Japan revealed that women
who are long-time smokers face a higher risk of death if they develop breast
cancer.
According to Dr. Masaaki Kawai, a breast oncologist at Miyagi Cancer Center
Hospital, smokers are at-least 3.5 times more likely to die from breast cancer as
opposed to women who have never tried smoking. The study, although not
entirely conclusive, also showed that women how have smoke for shorter
durations also boost their risk from dying from cancer albeit the odds are
significantly less.
Exposure to second hand some among women appears to have no significant
impact on the women’s risk of death.
Comprehensive article available at Reuters
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