Cancer Risk Factor – Smoking

SMOKING or inhaling toxic fumes including vehicle exhaust is a major risk factor. Tobacco smoke contain thousands of chemicals, at least 70 of which are listed as carcinogens, for example:

Nicotine

Formaldehyde

Arsenic

Ammonia

Benzine

Radioactive elements (e.g., uranium)

Lead

Carbon monoxide

Nitrosamines

PAHs (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)

Chemicals take up space that would ordinarily be occupied by oxygen, which leaves the brain slightly anoxic

Prevention strategy? Never smoke; if you smoke now, stop!

Avoid inhaling side-stream smoke if at all possible. . .