lung cancer deaths<\/a> (Lung cancer is by far the biggest cancer killer — the next four cancer killers — colon, prostate, pancreas and breast cancer, kill fewer people per year than lung cancer alone.)<\/p>\nStill, even in 2012, about one-third of the cancer deaths in America will be caused due to smoking (and 160,000 of the 577,000 estimated cancer deaths in 2012 will be lung cancer, about 28 percent), according to the ACS. Another third will be caused by obesity and poor nutrition.<\/p>\n
From the report. Estimated cancer deaths in 2012. I put this here just to illustrate the damage done by tobacco.<\/p>\n
Total cancer deaths 2012 estimated: 577,000<\/p>\n
1) Lung cancer 160,000 — 28 percent of all cancer deaths (85 percent smokers or former smokers)<\/strong><\/p>\n2) Colon 51,000<\/p>\n
3) Breast 39,000 (suggestions tobacco increases risk)<\/strong><\/p>\n4) Pancreas 37,000 (Definite<\/em> links to tobacco, 50 percent smokers or former smokers)<\/strong><\/p>\n5) Prostate 28,000<\/p>\n
6) Leukemia 23,500 (suggestions of tobacco increasing risk of certain kinds of leukemia)<\/strong><\/p>\n7) Liver 20,500<\/p>\n
8) Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 19,000<\/p>\n
9) Bladder 15,000 (Definite<\/em> links to tobacco, 50 percent smokers or former smokers)<\/strong><\/p>\n10) Esophagus 15,000 (strong links to tobacco)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Great, great news. According to a new study released by the American Cancer Society, cancer death rates have dropped drastically over the past 20 years — 23 percent for men, and 15 percent for women. 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