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Experts have called for more restrictions on the consumption of tobacco products.
According to the study published in the newspaper, "Plos one" Scientific, 61 percent of injuries cancer It was avoidable in Britainfor example, if infected They quit smoking at some point in their lives.
Experts warn that smoking is harmful not only to the lung, but also leads to about 15 types of cancer in organs such as the liver, pancreas, kidneys and stomach.
The study, conducted by researchers from France and Britain, showed that people living in poverty in Britain had a 17% higher risk of developing cancer.
The researchers reported that 21% of cancer cases recorded in the poorest fifth of Britons were caused by smoking.
On the other hand, the figures reveal that only 9.7 percent of cancer cases recorded among the richest people in Britain were due to smoking.
In view of these figures, experts call for increased awareness of the dangers of smoking, especially in poor areas where tobacco products are frequently consumed.
The study stated that if people had reduced the frequency of smoking, this would have been reflected in a decrease of 5,000 cases of cancer among the poorest population in Britain.
But if the British as a whole, the poor and the rich alike, were keen to reduce smoking, the number of cancer cases registered annually would drop by 16,000.
And health data in Britain indicate that smoking costs the Public Health Service for short"NHS"approximately 2.4 billion pounds, in addition to about 1.2 billion pounds to secure social care expenses associated with the repercussions of smoking.
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Experts have called for more restrictions on the consumption of tobacco products.
According to the study published in the scientific journal “Plos One”, 61 percent of injuries cancer It was avoidable in Britainfor example, if infected They quit smoking at some point in their lives.
Experts warn that smoking is harmful not only to the lung, but also leads to about 15 types of cancer in organs such as the liver, pancreas, kidneys and stomach.
The study, conducted by researchers from France and Britain, showed that people living in poverty in Britain had a 17% higher risk of developing cancer.
The researchers reported that 21% of cancer cases recorded in the poorest fifth of Britons were caused by smoking.
On the other hand, figures reveal that only 9.7 percent of cancer cases recorded among the richest people in Britain were due to smoking.
In view of these figures, experts call for increased awareness of the dangers of smoking, especially in poor areas where tobacco products are frequently consumed.
The study stated that if people had reduced the frequency of smoking, this would have been reflected in a decrease of 5,000 cases of cancer among the poorest population in Britain.
But if the British as a whole, the poor and the rich alike, were keen to reduce smoking, the number of cancer cases registered annually would drop by 16,000.
And health data in Britain indicate that smoking costs the Public Health Service (NHS) approximately 2.4 billion pounds, in addition to about 1.2 billion pounds to secure social care expenses associated with the consequences of smoking.