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Editor: C. Calvin Warriner
Profession: Cigarette & Tobacco Attorney

Category: Cigarettes

A recent study has concluded that there exists a casual relationship between tobacco use and stomach cancers. Dr. Ann Chao, with the American Cancer Society, conducted a study of 467,788 men and 588,053 women. Her group concluded that:"...the authors estimate that the proportion of stomach cancer deaths attributable to tobacco use would be 28% in US men and 14% in women."

In another study conducted by Harvard University and the University of Bergen has concluded that smoking increases the risk of multiple sclerosis.

The risk for MS in men is increased by as much as three times and twice the risk in women:

"Cigarette smoke is a cocktail of chemicals that are potentially neurotoxins," said Alberto Ascherio, a researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health, who worked on the study.

In another study conducted by the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, the researchers concluded that the potential for developing macular degeneration is increased in smokers.