Declaration from IASLC: Tobacco Cessation After Cancer Diagnosis.

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Tobacco use is a well-established cause of cancer, contributing to about 1 in 3 cancer deaths annually. Whereas detrimental effects of smoking are well recognized, the harms of continued smoking after the diagnosis of cancer are underappreciated. Smoking continuation by cancer patients and survivors causes adverse treatment outcomes, including increased overall mortality, cancer related mortality and risk for second primary cancer, and considerably increases cancer treatment toxicity.

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I read yesterday that people have died as a result of vaping. Why tobacco isn’t banned altogether is a mystery to me.