Smoking cessation is a powerful measure to reduce cancer risk
The figures obtained are admittedly speculative, but suggest that, above the age of 45, the risk of developing the disease increases in simple proportion with the amount smoked, and that it may be approximately 50 times as great among those who smoke 25 or more cigarettes a day as among non-smokers CIGARETTES AND CANCER (3 pages) Editorial British Medical Journal 1950 (volume 2), pages 767-768 September 30, 1950 Correspondence British Medical Journal 1950 (volume 2), page 889 October 14, 1950 It is not easy to adopt an unbiased attitude to the concept that smoking causes cancer: we are all either smokers or non-smokers, and each group may regard the other as prejudiced
Margaret Hamburg
However, at a minimum, manufacturers could be required to inform consumers that the filter on their cigarette offers no meaningful health benefit, and in fact may increase their risk of diseases from compensation and exposure to filter fiber fallout, of which consumers are generally unaware [7, 18]
