Important Information About Lung Cancer

In 2004 lung cancer killed more people than breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer combined. Lung cancer accounts for 31% of all deaths from cancer, and 90% of these could have been prevented if people had not smoked cigarettes or other products containing nicotine and tar. In 2005 according to the American Cancer Society and the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) approximately 555,312 people died of lung cancer in the USA which accounted for about 22.8% of all deaths in the US.The American Cancer Society and the CDC estimates that in 2008 over 215,020 new cases of lung cancer will exist. Lung cancer is the second biggest killer among people. And in 2008 out of 745,180 men tested, 15% have lung cancer and out of 692,000 women tested, 14% lung have some form of cancer. The top killer for men is prostate and the top for women is breast cancer.Nicotine is highly addictive, smoke containing nicotine is inhaled into the lungs, and the nicotine reaches your brain just six seconds. In larger doses of lethal poison affecting the heart, blood, and hormones. One of the reasons people smoke is to calm their nerves.Unfortunately for the user this calm is not natural and the only reason they are feeling the calm is because of the drugs inside the cigarette. Just because a cigarette has a filter does not mean its safer. The companies only use this as a ply in order to make you the consumer feel "safer" about smoking cigarettes. Chemicals are added to cigarettes to make the cigarettes taste blander.Chemists found that tobacco was too bitter tasting. Unfortunately some of these chemicals also cause cancer. A chemical very similar to rocket fuel is used in cigarettes to keep the end of the cigarette burning at extremely high temperatures. The actual list of ingredients in a cigarette is too long to even list in this article, however here are a few that you can take a look at:
1. Fungicides and pesticides - these cause many types of cancers and birth defects
2. Cadmium - ingredient linked to lung and prostate cancer
3. Benzene - ingredient linked to leukemia
4. Formaldehyde - ingredient linked to lung cancer
5. Nickel - causes increased susceptibility to lung infections
Of course all cigarettes aren't the same, over 5000 ingredients are in a cigarette besides the actual tobacco. Some of the most common additives are yeast, wine, chocolate (yes chocolate),caffeine, and beeswax. Just to list a few more ingredients so you can get an idea of how bad cigarettes really are for you:
1. Angelica root extract: Known to cause cancer in animals
2. Arsenic: Used in rat poisons
3. Cyanide: Deadly poison
4. Ethyl Furoate: Causes liver damage in animals
5. Lead: Poisonous in high doses
6. Methoprene: Insecticide
7. Megastigmatrienone: Chemical naturally found in grapefruit juice
8. Maltitol: Sweetener for diabetics
9. Napthalene: Ingredient in mothballs
10. Methyl isocyanate: Its accidental release killed 2000 people in Bhopal, India in 1984
11. Polonium: Cancer-causing radioactive element.

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