SMOKING: The Number One Cause Of Lung Cancer

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Term Paper Title	SMOKING: The Number One Cause Of Lung Cancer
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SMOKING: The number one cause of lung cancer

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Social issues

[Paper Title]:

SMOKING: THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF LUNG CANCER

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SMOKING: THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF LUNG CANCER

Lung cancer is a disease in which a primary cancer (the original site where
the cancer occurred) develops in the tissue of the lungs. Lung cancer was first
described by doctors in the mid 1800's. At the turn of the century, it was still
considered a rarity; that has changed dramatically. What has not changed is the
difficultly of detecting lung cancer in its earliest stages when it has the
greatest chance of being successfully treated. "Lung cancer is the leading
cause of death from cancer among both men and women, with 168,000 new cases in
1992 and 146,00 deaths" (Winawer 283).

"If you fall into the following categories of people who have been heavy
smokers, you have the greatest chance of being diagnosed with lung cancer: a
male over 60; someone who has smoked one for more packs of cigarettes a day for
20 years or longer; someone who began to smoke before the age of 20 and is still
smoking: a worker in a industrial plant with a high risk material, such as
asbestos, who also smoke. Someone who has persistent or violent smokers cough;
someone who does not smoke but is frequently exposed to unnecessary passive
smoke" (Cooper 114-120).

Numerous studies all over the world have shown a link between cigarette
smoking and lung cancer, as well as other cancers, with an increase in cigarette
smoking followed by an increase of lung cancer. Most of these studies involve
the testing of non-smokers and smokers to see how things can affect them
differently and why. The most common symptom of lung cancer is a cough caused by
a blockage of the air passage to the lung as the tumor grows. Smoking is a major
cause of lung cancer, as well as other cancers and diseases, such as emphysema
and chronic bronchitis. "Smoking is considered the single largest
unnecessary and preventable cause of disease and early death in the United
States" (Napoli 123).

The tobacco plant dates back 7,000 years, originating somewhere between North
and South America. Native Americans may have been the first people to smoke,
chew, or snuff tobacco, and they introduced it to European explorers. In the
17th and 18th centuries it increased in popularity. "In 1761 John Hill, a
physician in London, reported an association between snuff and cancer of the
nose. Thirty years later a doctor in Germany reporte...

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