Applications:
• The correlation between smoking and incidence of cancers
A significant body of scientific literature exists which provides a strong link between smoking and the incidence of cancers
- Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemical compounds, over 60 of which are known to be carcinogenic
There appears to be a strong positive correlation between the frequency of smoking and the development of cancer
- The risk of lung cancer is strongly correlated with smoking, with ~90% of lung cancers attributable to tobacco use
- Smoking also increases the risk of over a dozen other cancers, including mouth, stomach, liver, panceas and bowel
Data Analysis of the Correlation Between Smoking and the Incidence of Cancer
