More Lung Cancer with the New Change in Cigarettes

New research shows the changes in cigarette designs bring even more risk for cancer of the lungs. Everyone knows smoking itself can do this to you, but the study says a smoker's risk of getting cancer is now higher. Smoker's usually get lung cancer in large air tubes called "squamous cell carcinoma", once the lower tar filtered cigarettes came out it introduced "adenocarcinoma", which grows really deep down in the lungs. This happens when the smoker inhales more deeply to get the full effect of nicotine, pushing the smoke deeper into the lungs. Since the change squamous cell carcinoma has stayed the same yet, adenocarcinoma rose about 65%. Just because the cigarette has lower nitrosamine levels doesn't mean they are any better for you. Dr. Neal Benowitz (University of California, tobacco expert) says "Lung cancer is only one of tobacco's many risks- it causes heart disease and other killer diseases, too. If you reduce someone's lung cancer risk by 10%, thats not really meaningful for the individual, the goal is to stop them."