Smoking Term Paper

Smokeless tobacco can cause oral problems for the user, such as Leukoplakia that creates white patches within the user’s mouth, which can soon turn into oral cancer. Oral cancers are cancers of the mouth, which can affect the throat and the voice box. Research shows that smokeless tobacco users are at a four times higher greater risk of developing oral cancer (NCI2, 2010). Smokeless tobacco can cause gum recession periodontitis, where the gums will recede and will not grow back. The periodontitis will leave the bony part of the teeth expose, while the smokeless tobacco can also cause gingivitis (Goldberg, 2005). Long-term users of smokeless tobacco, such as snuff can reach a point of 50 times greater risk of developing oral cancer (Cancer Prevention, 2008). The lesser oral effect of smokeless tobacco is bad breath, drooling, and tooth stains (NCI2, 2010).

Cigarettes don’t only cause lung cancers but can also cause other problems to the heart and blood vessels. Some other cancers associated with smoking include larynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, stomach, and some other organs.

Behaviors such as smoking, chewing tobacco, excessive alcohol consumption and sun exposure can lead to oral cancer. More than 90% of oral cancers in men (and 85% in women) are due to environmental factors and lifestyle choices. Smoking can put you at a three times higher risk of oral cancer. Two out of Three mouth cancers are because of chewing tobacco. (facts and figures). Smokeless tobacco increases your risk up to 15 times. Additionally, sun exposure can cause lip cancer. Even if you don't have any risk factors, you can still get oral

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, and cigarette smoking causes almost all cases. Compared to nonsmokers, men who smoke are about 23 times more likely to develop lung cancer and women who smoke are about 13 times more likely. Smoking causes

Smoking has been linked to several types of cancers (gastrointestinal, bladder, lung), cardiac and pulmonary diseases as well as cerebral vascular accidents.

One of the leading and most avoidable risk factors of lung cancer is smoking. In both males and females smoking is linked to a higher incidence of lung cancer at an increase of 23% and 13% respectively. Smoking not only increases the likelihood of lung cancer, but has shown a correlation in higher risk of other cancers such as oral, laryngeal, pharyngeal, esophageal, pancreatic, ovarian, and multiple more. As a whole,

Smoking is a leading cause of cancer throughout the body including: the lungs, esophagus, larynx, mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, liver, pancreas, stomach, cervix, colon, and rectum, as well as acute myeloid leukemia. Smoking causes a number of diseases within your body including heart disease, stroke, aortic aneurysm, COPD, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, diabetes, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, and also worsens asthma symptoms in adults. Smoking not only

One of theses being air pollution. Though this is rather uncommon, breathing polluted air can and does increase the probability of acquiring lung cancer. Because this is not near as direct as smoking, the chance of getting cancer is far less. Being in a highly polluted area for a long period of time affects the body in a similar way as passive smoking would.

Oral cancer can be caused by chewing tobacco--that is why baseball players all chew and spit seeds now! Sun exposure leading cause of many types of skin cancer one of the more aggressive one is melanoma. Tanning beds face new regulations secondary to the intense UV rays used….There has been research done that shows an increase risk to skin cancer if you had severe burn when a child. HPV virus is also a cause for cervical cancer and for Head and Neck cancer. There is now a vaccine for HPV”. There are many links to cancer and the environment, but how can these things causing the cancer be

Cigarettes induce chronic inflammation in the body, which is why they are the leading cause of lung cancer. Roughly 80-90% of all cases of lung cancer are caused by smoking. So in other

Smokeless tobacco is more commonly used by the white population in America, predominantly in the southern states and is directly related to Oral Cavity and Pharyngeal Cancer and findings have found that it can contribute to Pancreatic and Esophageal Cancer as well (Stewart 8). The issue with smokeless tobacco is that one can of dip contains the same amount of nicotine as approximately sixty cigarettes, which makes it a much harder habit to break. Studies show that 75% of cancers in the mouth, lips, tongue, throat, nose and larynx are due to smokeless tobacco use (Stewart 8).

The most common are the consumption of any kinds of tobacco like cigarettes, cigar pipes, and non-smoking tobacco. The people who have been diagnosed with oral cancer are people that smoke cigarettes. Also, eating habit and age can influence oral cancer. Sun exposure can lead to lip cancer as well. Human papillomavirus is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cancer because people with HPV can developed warts in the mouth and consequently develops oral cancer. Also, risk factors can deal with genetics. Some people inherit a genetic mutation that can lead to oral cancer. Fanconi anemia and dyskeratosis congenita are examples of genetic

Blot1,WJ & McLaughlin, JK & Winn, DM & Austin, DF & Greenberg, RS & Preston-Martin, S & Bernstein, L & Schoenberg, JB & Stemhagen, A & Fraumeni, JF(1988), “Smoking and Drinking in Relation to Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer”, Cancer Res., Vol. 48.

Laryngeal cancer shows up in the vocal cords. Symptoms of this cancer include cough, coughing blood, and hoarseness. Oral cancer arises in the mouth and throat. It's most common in people who chew tobacco. Esophageal cancer is in the esophagus which links the oral cavity to the stomach. Pancreatic cancer is in the pancreas which is a secreatory organ situated at the rear of the abdominal cavity behind the stomach. Being bathed in the tobacco carcinogens which are in the blood and then concentrated in the urine causes kidney cancer. Cancer of the urinary bladder is in the bladder's surface, and the earliest symptom is bleeding. Respiratory diseases cause by smoking includes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respiratory morbidity, emphysema, and respiratory infections.

Historically, those who smoke or drink alcohol have a higher risk of developing oral cancer. In addition, people who are over fifty years of age and they smoke and/or drink alcohol have a bigger risk of developing oral cancer. Indeed, research has disclosed that 3 out of 4 cases of oral cancer in over 50s age-group are as a result of abusing alcohol and cigarettes.