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   Lung cancer

   People with these polymorphisms are more likely to develop lung cancer after exposure to carcinogens. ... An estimated 75% of former miners died from lung cancer.
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   Tobacco and health

   The study demonstrated that smoking decreased life expectancy by up to 10 years and that almost half of the smokers died from diseases possibly caused by smoking (cancer, heart disease, and stroke). ... Secondhand smoke has been estimated to cause 38,000 deaths per year, of which 3,400 are deaths from lung cancer in non-smokers.
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   Lung cancer screening

   Screening refers to the use of medical tests to detect disease in asymptomatic people. ... Regular chest radiography and sputum examination programs were not effective in reducing mortality from lung cancer.
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   Peter Jennings

   On July 20, 1983, Reynolds died unexpectedly after developing acute hepatitis. ... On August 7, 2005, just after 11:30 PM EDT, Gibson broke into local news in the Eastern US and regular programming on ABC's western affiliates to announce Jennings' death from lung cancer.
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   Health effects of tobacco

   The study demonstrated that smoking decreased life expectancy by up to 10 years and that almost half of the smokers died from diseases possibly caused by smoking (cancer, heart disease, and stroke). ... Secondhand smoke has been estimated to cause 38,000 deaths per year, of which 3,400 are deaths from lung cancer in non-smokers.
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   Park Kyung-ni

   Park Kyung-ni died from lung cancer at the age of 81 on May, 5, 2008 and many literary men recollected her as a guide for their literary works and life as a writer. ... It depicts the turbulence at the turn of the 20th century when Korean people were struggling against Japanese imperialism.
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   Anne Shirley (actress)

   Shirley died from lung cancer in Los Angeles, aged 75 on July 4, 1993. ... People from New York City
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   Suzanne Pleshette

   She continuing acting until 2004, and died from lung cancer in 2008. ... People from New York City
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   Hughie Green

   After a lifetime of smoking a pipe, heavy drinking and latterly taking recreational barbiturates, Green was diagnosed with and died from lung cancer in the Royal Marsden Hospital, Kensington and Chelsea, London. ... People from London
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    Passive smoking

    Among people with asthma, higher ETS exposure is associated with a greater risk of severe attacks. ... The reports, appearing in the British Sunday Telegraph and The Economist, among other sources, alleged that the WHO withheld from publication its own report that supposedly failed to prove an association between passive smoking and a number of other diseases (lung cancer in particular).

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Lung cancer,
• Tobacco and health,
• Lung cancer screening,
• Peter Jennings,
• Health effects of tobacco,
• Park Kyung-ni,
• Anne Shirley (actress),
• Suzanne Pleshette,
• Hughie Green,
• Passive smoking