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Smoking and vaping together leads to a greater risk of lung cancer

2 mins read Patient education Alcohol and tobacco
A study has revealed that people who both vape and smoke are four times more likely to develop lung cancer than people who just smoke. The findings were consistent across gender and race.

The study was published by Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center with Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, Richard J. Solove Research Institute and College of Public Health. It is the first study that has provided evidence to show that smoking in combination with vaping increases the risk for cancer compared to smoking alone. The research has been published in the Journal of Oncology Research and Therapy.

Randall Harris, corresponding author and professor of epidemiology at the College of Public Health, commented, “Our findings provide the first evidence that smoking in combination with vaping significantly increases the risk of lung cancer compared to smoking alone.

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