%0 Journal Article
%T A quantitative method for assessing smoke associated molecular damage in lung cancers
%A Adi F. Gazdar
%A Jia-Hao Bi
%A John D. Minna
%A Kai Song
%A Luc Girard
%A Rui Felizardo
%A Zhe-Wei Qiu
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2018
%X Tobacco exposure is the number one risk factor for lung cancer. In the United States, cigarette smoking is linked to about 80% to 90% of lung cancers. However, the use of other tobacco products such as cigars or pipes also increases the risk for lung cancer. Tobacco smoke is a toxic mix of more than 7,000 chemicals, many of which are poisons, and more than 70 are known to be carcinogenic (CDC.gov). Cigarette smokers are 15¨C30 times more likely to get lung cancer or die from lung cancer than lifetime never smokers
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