Tobacco smoking attributed to more than 1 million cancer deaths in seven countries. - TheNewsRocket

Tobacco smoking attributed to more than 1 million cancer deaths in seven countries.

A total of 1.9 million cancer deaths were attributable to alcohol, tobacco smoking, excess body weight and HPV infections.

Smoking tobacco resulted in 20.8 million years of life lost among patients with cancer.

Among four preventable risk factors for cancer mortality, smoking tobacco resulted in the most deaths and years of life lost in seven countries

We concluded that smoking, alcohol, overweight/obesity and HPV infections are the drivers of almost 2 million deaths.

Harriet Rumgay, PhD, postdoctoral scientist of cancer surveillance at the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer, told Healio.

These findings highlight the key role of primary prevention to reduce cancer mortality by saving millions of lives from preventable cancers.

In a population-based study, Rumgay and colleagues assessed the estimated number of deaths and years of life lost (YLLs) to cancer in 2020.

In a population-based study, Rumgay and colleagues assessed the estimated number of deaths and years of life lost (YLLs) to cancer in 2020.

caused by alcohol consumption, tobacco smoking, overweight/obesity and HPV infections in Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, the U.K. and the U.S.