New Report Estimates More than 2 million Cases of Tobacco-related Cancers Diagnosed in the United States During 1999-2004
"About 2.4 million cases of tobacco-related cancers were diagnosed in the United States from 1999 to 2004, with lung and bronchial cancer accounting for almost half of these diagnoses, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In the most comprehensive assessment to date, the study marks the first time CDC has reported on all tobacco-related cancers for more than 90 percent of the population...
For more information on the report, Surveillance for Cancers Associated with Tobacco Use — United States, 1999–2004, visit www.cdc.gov/mmwr. For information on CDC′s efforts in cancer prevention and control visit www.cdc.gov/cancer, and to learn more about CDC′s efforts in preventing tobacco use visit www.cdc.gov/tobacco. Free telephone-based counseling is also available from anywhere in the United States, at 1-800-QUIT-NOW."