Cancer, especially lung cancer, is one of the primary health risks associated with smoking. Male smokers are more than 20 times more likely than non-smokers to die from lung cancer before the age of 85 due to the elevated risk of lung cancer associated with smoking. Although it may take up to 20 years for the effects of smoking on lung cancer deaths to become apparent, the rate of lung cancer deaths rises in tandem with the rate of smoking. In addition to lung cancer, smokers are much more likely to develop cancers of the kidney, larynx, mouth, lip, tongue, throat, bladder, esophagus, pancreas, and stomach than non-smokers. Regretfully, a large number of these cancers have extremely low cure rates.
