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Scientific article
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English

Country
United States
Keywords
smoking
tobacco
cancer
death

Smoking to Cancer Death Ratio in the US

Smoking has for a long time been known to be a significant cause of cancer. A new article published by JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that the proportion of cancer deaths caused by smoking in the United States is highest in the South of the country. In some Southern states almost 40% of male cancer deaths are said to be attributable to smoking tobacco.

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