Bone Cancer

Most people don't care about bone cancer. They only care about smoking. It's important to raise awareness about how smoking can contribute to developing bone cancer.

To better understand bone cancer and the link it has with smoking, please go to this link:

https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/08/10/smoking-sharply-increases-risk-of-certain-cancers-of-the-immune-system-and-bone-marrow/#:~:text=Women%20who%20smoke%20increase%20their,about%2020%20cigarettes%20a%20day.

Key ideas:

• The study showed that the risks of Hodgkin’s lymphoma and some bone marrow cancers were doubled in women who smoked about 20 cigarettes a day.

• Smoking is by far the most important preventable risk factor for cancer in the UK – it’s responsible for nearly a fifth of all new cancer cases and causes more than a quarter of all deaths from cancer in the UK.

How to make smoking less appealing to people and help them quit:

• Avoid triggers

• Chew tobacco instead of smoking

• Work out

• Try relaxation techniques

• Put money in a jar that you would have spent on cigarettes and save it for travel and to buy yourself other treats

• Use a nicotine patch