| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 8 Other Cancers |
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| Other Cancers: Cervical Cancer |
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| "The association of smoking with cervical cancer has been recognized only recently; |
| the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added cervical cancer to the |
| categories of smoking-induced disease in 1988. While smokers as a group |
| commonly have other risk factors associated with cervical cancer (including multiple |
| sexual partners and the presence of sexually transmitted diseases), at least 12 |
| studies have found that smoking increases the risk for cervical cancer after |
| accounting for these other factors. Approximately 1,400 cervical cancer deaths each |
| year (about 31 percent of the 4,514 total deaths) are estimated to be due to smoking." |
| Cigarettes, p. 17 |
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| Cigarette smoking accounted for about 30% of 13,500 new cases of cervical cancer |
| reported in the US in 1993, and women who smoke double their risk for developing |
| cervical cancer. |
| NEJM, March 31, 1994, p. 910 |
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| A study from London reported a link between smoking and early cancerous changes |
| of the uterine cervix in women, and suggested that smoking cessation could have a |
| beneficial effect on these cervical abnormalities. |
| Lancet, April 6, 1996, p. 941 |
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