Michael J. Thun is an American cancer researcher and emeritus vice president of epidemiological research at the American Cancer Society (ACS).[1] (wikipedia)
Even though it's a small amount, it's an important milestone.
If you have a short follow-up, you still have a problem with people who don't know they're sick, ... As the follow-up lengthens, that's less of a problem because the people who don't know that they're sick die.
If there's blame to go around, most of the blame falls on the tobacco companies,
It's still a very good idea to eat a diet that's high in fresh fruits and vegetables, both for its direct benefit on heart disease and reducing adult-onset diabetes.
There was not a shred of evidence of reduced risk. The ultra light haven't been used as long as the light and it is possible that some difference in risk might emerge with longer term use of the ultra light, but this is very, very solid for the low tar.
Our best estimate is that if we all ate a perfect, healthy diet, we could eliminate maybe 35 percent of cancer deaths.
I think it would be a good candidate for a warning. It's something that should be seriously considered.
The benefits of short-term nicotine replacement therapy in helping smokers quit smoking far exceed any risks from nicotine replacement therapy.
The CDC seriously underestimated the risk of dying in the overweight by not adequately dealing with the bias due to smoking and disease,
The question here is why is there an association between these more minor cancers and potentially more dangerous cancers?
