World No Tobacco Day, Airc: smoking guilty of about 9 out of 10 lung cancersHealth and Well-being In 2021, tobacco consumption caused 11% of total deaths (equal to 7.2 million deaths). Not only that: cigarette smoking is also strongly associated with cancers of the oral cavity and throat, esophagus, pancreas, colon, bladder, prostate, kidney, breast, ovaries and some types of leukemia and cardio-cerebrovascular diseases. The numbers released by the Airc Foundation on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day Smoking continues to kill. Last year, about 44,831 new lung cancer diagnoses were estimated in Italy, and today we know that cigarette smoking is responsible for 8-9 out of 10 lung cancers: t... [Read more]