Death Toll from Cigarettes Much Higher than Previously Estimated

Marlboro cigarettes appear on display at a store in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

CLICK HERE - STUDY - Deaths Due to Cigarette Smoking for 12 Smoking-Related Cancers in the United States

washingtonpost.com - by Ariana Eunjung Cha - June 16, 2015

Smoking cigarettes may lead to a whole lot more than just lung cancer, according to a new study that linked the habit to cancers of the esophagus, colon, bladder and eight other regions of the body.

The research, published in the JAMA Internal Medicine Monday, estimates that nearly half of U.S. deaths to cancer of people 35 and older in 2011 -- 167,805 out of 345,962 -- were associated with smoking.

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