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Surveillance for Cancers Associated with Tobacco Use - United States, 1999 2004

Posted on September 06, 2008

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. The 2004 Surgeon General report found convincing evidence for a direct causal relationship between tobacco use and the following cancers: lung and bronchial, laryngeal, oral cavity and pharyngeal, esophageal, stomach, pancreatic, kidney and renal pelvis, urinary bladder, and cervical cancers and acute myelogenous leukemia AML). This report provides state-level cancer incidence data and recent trends for cancers associated with tobacco use.Results: Approximately 2.4 million cases of tobacco-related...

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bladder , cancer , lung