Air pollution tied to lung cancer in non-smokers
By Kerry Grens | Reuters – Fri, Oct 28, 2011
This week I read an article about lung cancer. It talked about a 26 year study conducted on 180,000 non-smokers from every state in the United States of America. From the study scientists discovered that people who have never smoked in their life have a higher chance of getting lung cancer if they lived in an area with a lot of air pollution. According to the study, “people who have never smoked, but who live in areas with higher air pollution levels, are roughly 20 percent more likely to die from lung cancer than people who live with cleaner air.” Smoking is the number one cause of lung cancer in the world today. However, this study shows that even if you are a non-smoker you need to be concerned about your environment and the air you are breathing.
When I saw is the middle of this article I thought of when I lived in Indonesia and there was so much pollution there. It was so hard to breathe there sometimes and I never knew it was that bad for you to breath in the air. I also was thinking why do people smoke if they know it is bad for you? Smoking turns your teeth and finger nails yellow and gives you bad breath. It turns your lungs black. None of these things are good in anyway. In conclusion, smoking is not worth risking your life and getting Lung cancer.
Very thoughtful Emma and thought provoking. I'm with you. I don't understand why people smoke and I don't think I never will. I could never smoke knowing all the toxins that I am breathing into my lungs. It is soft tissue, like a sponge, the heat and smoke from the cigarette can't be good for them.
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