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“Cigarette” has a FRENCH origin. It means a cylinder of tobacco rolled in paper for smoking. But it can apply to similar devices or cylinders containing herbs or anything other than the two. As recorded by The United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tobacco use is the single most important preventable threat to human health in developed countries and an important cause of premature death worldwide.

The main health hazards in tobacco pertain to diseases of the cardiovascular system, in particular smoking being a major risk factor for a myocardial infarction (heart attack), diseases of the respiratory tract such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and emphysema, and cancer, particularly lung cancer and cancers of the larynx and tongue. Read the rest of this entry »

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There are no two arguments about the fact that smoking is the biggest and undisputed risk factor for lung cancer. People who smoke cigarette at present or have been smokers at some point in their lives are at a risk of developing lung cancer.

But not all patients diagnosed with lung cancer are necessarily smokers. Some of them have actually never touched a single cigarette in their entire lives. Which means there are risk factors other than smoking, which can cause lung cancer amongst non-smokers. Researchers have identified several conditions and circumstances that increase a non-smoker’s chance of developing lung cancer. We will discuss each one of these factors one by one. Read the rest of this entry »

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Research shows that around 80% of all lung cancers are the non-small cell kind. Non-small cell lung cancer or NSCLC can be of three types itself, namely squamous cell carcinoma, large cell undifferentiated carcinoma, and adinocarcinoma. In NSCLC cancer cells develop in lung tissue.

Smoking is the number one cause of all kinds of lung cancer and inhaling secondhand smoke also increases the risk of developing lung cancer. Lung cancer can also be caused by environmental toxins, high air pollution levels, and contact with asbestos, soot, tar, and arsenic. A combination of these risk factors increases the chance of someone developing NSCLC. Read the rest of this entry »

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About Lung Cancer: The Australian Lung Foundation chairman, thoracic physician Dr Bob Edwards says that lung cancer is a silent killer. Lung cancer may be virtually without symptoms until it’s reached advanced stage. Diagnosis of lung cancer to the victim feels like a death sentence and it drains the patient of all the courage and determination to deal with the disease.

Risk Factors of Lung Cancer: Approximately 90 percent of all Americans who are diagnosed with this type of cancer are have been smokers at some point o time in their lives or they still do. People who have never smoked are very less likely to get affected with lung cancer. At the same time it is worth remembering that living with a smoker, working in a an environment full of smoke and being exposed to certain chemicals like, radon, asbestos, arsenic, or radioactive dust etc. increase this cancer risk. Read the rest of this entry »