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| Forces International | SMOKING AND BRAIN CANCER |
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Brain
Cancer: No Association With Smoking - Since smoking is now erroneously credited with
causing almost every ailment known to man, the results of a study conducted on
brain
cancer is noteworthy because the scientists set out to discover whether smoking is
responsible for its increasing frequency in industrial societies.
"Some have suggested that cigarette smoking and other tobacco product use may increase the risk of brain tumors because tobacco product use is considered to be the greatest source for human exposure to N-nitroso compounds, which are potent nervous system carcinogens in animal studies. Our investigation, however, did not find a positive association between cigarette smoking, or with use of other tobacco products, and risk of brain cancer." Note that the researchers' focus on N-nitroso compounds, which are labeled "potent nervous system carcinogens" but only in animal studies. One is justified in assuming that these compounds have never been proven to be potent or harmful in the tiny doses obtained from smoking tobacco. |
