Lung Cancer
Smoking is dangerous at any age, but the younger people start, the more likely they are to smoke for longer and to die early from smoking. Someone who starts smoking aged 15 is 3 times more likely to die of cancer due to smoking than someone who starts in their mid-20s
It also cause 84% of deaths from lung cancer, and 83% of deaths from chronic obstructive lung disease, including bronchitis1.Smoking causes 46,500 deaths from cancer a year in the UK - 3 out of 10 cancer deaths. As well as lung cancer, smoking can cause death by cancer of the mouth, larynx, oesophagus, bladder, kidney, stomach and pancreas1.This bad habits is also linked to many other serious conditions including astma and brittle bone disease.
Levels of smoking are particularly high among people with severe mental illness. This is likely to be one of the reasons why the severely mentally ill tend to die younger. Some ethnic groups in the UK favour chewed or other oral tobacco, notably betel quid. All forms of tobacco cause cancer
It also cause 84% of deaths from lung cancer, and 83% of deaths from chronic obstructive lung disease, including bronchitis1.Smoking causes 46,500 deaths from cancer a year in the UK - 3 out of 10 cancer deaths. As well as lung cancer, smoking can cause death by cancer of the mouth, larynx, oesophagus, bladder, kidney, stomach and pancreas1.This bad habits is also linked to many other serious conditions including astma and brittle bone disease.
Levels of smoking are particularly high among people with severe mental illness. This is likely to be one of the reasons why the severely mentally ill tend to die younger. Some ethnic groups in the UK favour chewed or other oral tobacco, notably betel quid. All forms of tobacco cause cancer
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