Tobacco and lung cancer.
Cigarette smoking is responsible for enormous health consequences. Lung cancer is fatal in over 80% of cases, and effective treatment is limited. The medical impact of cigarette smoking will diminish with effective measures to prevent smoking and nicotine addiction and to promote smoking cessation. Efforts should focus on the teenage population, with a combination of social, economic, and legislative interventions.
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Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA. bjohhnso1@kumc.edu
D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008403:Mass Screening; D010819:Physician's Role; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology