WHO REPORT SAYS HABITS SUCH AS SMOKING CAUSES MORE CANCER THAN GENERAL AIR POLLUTION
September 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
UNHEALTHY habits, such as smoking and drinking alcohol cause significantly more cancer than general environmental air pollution, a World Health Organisation study of French cancer data has concluded. 'Attributable causes of cancer in France in the year 2000', published this September, assesses cancer cases attributable to specific risks such as smoking, obesity, oral contraceptives and environment pollutants. * http://www.iarc.fr/IARCPress/pdfs/francecancer2000/CausesofCancerFrance2000.pdf
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UNHEALTHY habits, such as smoking and drinking alcohol cause significantly more cancer than general environmental air pollution, a World Health Organisation study of French cancer data has concluded. 'Attributable causes of cancer in France in the year 2000', published this September, assesses cancer cases attributable to specific risks such as smoking, obesity, oral contraceptives and environment pollutants. * http://www.iarc.fr/IARCPress/pdfs/francecancer2000/CausesofCancerFrance2000.pdf
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