A new study based on 80,000 postmenopausal women found that first-hand and second hand smoking increases the risk of breast cancer cancer. the study was done by Dr. Juhua Luo of West Virginia University and Dr. Karen Margolis of the HealthPartners Research Foundation, and published in the British Medical Journal. Luo and Margolis analyzed data of 80,000 women who were aged between 50 and 79 years. the data come from women's health initiative Observational study from 1993-98, and included 40 patients of clinics around the United States. ten years after the data was taken, 3250 women developed cases of invasive breast cancer.
The study results show that smokers at greater risk of 16 have% postmenopausal breast cancer to develop, in comparison with women who never had smoked. former smoking an average of 9% increased risk for breast cancer risk, but the worst for women since their teens smoked, or 50 years or longer. was even 20 years after a woman quits smoking, her risk remains higher than the average lifetime risk for cancer of the breast.
Some of the women in this study had never smoked, but was exposed to second-hand smoke. those who were exposed to passive smoking for 10 years during childhood, 20 years at home during adulthood, extended, or 10 years as an adult in the workplace had an excess risk of breast cancer cancer. 32% so if you're a parent who smoked had when you were a kid, or a spouse or partner who home smoked or colleagues who are around you at work smoked, they do not done you any favors.
Dr. Karen Margolis thinks we all would be healthier if none of us smoked at every stage of life. "our findings highlight the need for interventions to prevent the introduction of smoking, especially at an early age, and encourage quitting smoking at all ages."the bottom line is: non smoking, those who smoke, and get help to stop smoking. a lower than average risk of breast cancer is only an advantage you get when you stop smoking, there are many more good things about giving fumes.
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