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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2004 96(2):85; doi:10.1093/jnci/96.2.85
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Press Release

Exposure to Carcinogens Not Proportionally Decreased by Reduction in Smoking

Katherine Arnold, News Editor

jncimedia@oupjournals.org
301-841-1287
Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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Smokers who substantially reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke per day are exposed to lower amounts of a potent tobacco carcinogen; however, the reduction in the amount or concentration of the carcinogen exposure is often transient and is not proportional to the reduction in cigarettes smoked. These study results appear in the January 21 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Cigarette smoking is the cause of 90% of the world’s lung cancer cases, but it is not known whether smokers who reduce the number of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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