| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 8 Other Cancers |
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| Other Cancers: General |
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| Tobacco in 1990 was responsible for 28% of all cancer deaths in developed |
| countries; 42% of cancer deaths in males and 10% in females. |
| Mortality from Smoking, p. A23 |
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| More than 75% of the following cancers are attributable to smoking: lung, throat, |
| mouth, vocal cords, and esophagus. 20% to 50% of bladder, kidney, pancreas, cervix |
| and stomach cancers as well as leukemias are caused by smoking. |
| Medical Clinics of North America, March 1992, p. 305 |
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| "Cancer is a communicable disease. You get it from tobacco companies." |
| Joe Tye, founder, STAT (Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco) |
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| "The seven warning signs of cancer are (1) Philip Morris, (2) RJR Nabisco, (3) Brown |
| and Williamson, (4) US Tobacco Company..." |
| Alan Blum, MD, founder, DOC (Doctors Ought to Care) |
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| "The cigarette company is to the lung cancer epidemic what the mosquito is to |
| malaria. It is the vector of disease." |
| John Slade, MD, New Jersey College of Medicine |
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