Perokok pasif (passive smokers) juga bisa kena kanker..
--- In proletar@yahoogroups.com, "sunny" <ambon@...> wrote: > > Ada kenalan wanita baru saja meninggal, dia kena lung cancer, orangnya tidak > merokok dan tidak mimum minuman keras. Cancer paru-paru agaknya merambat > dengan sangat pesat dan mungkin simptomnya tidak begitu kelihatan sehingga > dianggap tidak bebahaya oleh pasien. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jusfiq > To: proletar@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 1:18 PM > Subject: [proletar] BBC: Women's lung cancers has doubled since 1970s in > over-60s > > > > > Sekedar peringatan bagi yang merokok.. > > -- > > Women's lung cancers has doubled since 1970s in over-60s > Lung cancer Most lung cancers are linked to smoking > > Lung cancer rates have more than doubled for women over 60 since the > mid-1970s, figures show. > > Cancer Research UK figures say the rate rose from 88 per 100,000 in 1975 to > 190 per 100,000 in 2008, the latest year for which statistics are available. > > Lung cancers in men fell, and CRUK say this is linked to smoking rates. > > The proportion of male smokers peaked before 1960. But women had rising > rates in the 1960s and 1970s, which would have an effect on those now over 60. > > Overall, the number of women diagnosed with lung cancer has risen from > around 7,800 cases in 1975 to more than 17,500 in 2008. > > Figures for men went from 23,400 over-60s diagnosed in 1975, falling to > 19,400 in 2008, with rates showing a similar large drop. > > The charity said 5,700 women over 60 were diagnosed with lung cancer in > 1975, compared with 15,100 in 2008. > Exposure > > In the late 1980s, lung cancers in women in their 60s plateaued, and even > started to fall. > > But they began to rise again in 2002. > > However cancer rates among women in their 40s did fall between 1975 and > 2008. > > Smoking causes around 90% of lung cancers, and CRUK wants more efforts to > be put into anti-smoking measures. > > Jean King, Cancer Research UK's director of tobacco control, said: "Around > nine in 10 cases of lung cancer are caused by smoking and one in five people > still smoke, so it's vital that work continues to support smokers to quit and > protect young people from being recruited into an addiction that kills half > of all long term smokers. > > "In particular we want displays in shops covered up so that young people > are no longer being exposed to this form of tobacco marketing." > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
