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Tobacco Effects - Breast Cancer

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      new window Active and Passive Cigarette Smoking and Breast Cancer Description: Recent studies may explain inconsistencies between previous results, say researchers, and a real risk may be emerging. (mja.com.au)
new window Ask the Expert: Breast Cancer and Secondhand Smoke Description: Summarizes the research findings on tobacco smoke as a cause of breast cancer. (oncolink.com)
new window Breast Cancer, Breast Feeding, and Tobacco Smoke Description: Early studies treated secondhand smokers as if they were nonsmokers, which actually masked the evidence; later studies separated out the two, and found that both active and passive smoking are causes of breast cancer. (nietrokers.nl)
new window Health Canada - Breast cancer linked to second-hand smoke Description: Summary of recent research based on data from 1994-1997. (hc-sc.gc.ca)
new window Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke: Breast Cancer Description: Characterizes the risk and provides a bibliography of research establishing the risk. (ocat.org)
new window Is There An Association Between Passive Smoking and Breast Cancer? Description: Scientific article; meta-analysis of 11 studies estimates a 40% higher risk of breast cancer as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke. (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
new window Secondhand Smoke -- Dr. Greene.com Description: Report on 1996 study: "the relative risk for breast cancer from passive smoke (primarily girls whose parent smoked or women whose spouse smoked) was 3.2! This makes passive smoking a more important risk factor than having a mother with breast cancer (2.1), or having an early first period (1.3), or having a late first pregnancy (1.4)." (drgreene.com)
new window Smoking and Breast Cancer Description: Recent research shows an association between smoking and breast cancer. (bmj.com)
 




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