this new study shows this to be rubbish

The British Medical Journal has just published research with clearly shows that those people who quit smoking when they have already been diagnosed with lung cancer drastically increase their chances of survival. Many people say that there’s no point quitting once you’ve got cancer because the damage has already been done, but this new study shows this to be rubbish.

The study done by researchers from the University of Birmingham reviewed the results of 10 separate studies which evaluated the impact of quitting smoking after being diagnosed with lung cancer. From their analysis they said that you can double your chances of survival over a five year period if you quit smoking immediately rather than continuing to smoke. The survival rate over five years was between 63 percent and 70 percent among those who quit compared to only 29 percent to 33 percent among those who didn’t.

This study clearly shows that smoking cessation treatment should be a part of the whole medical plan for people with early stage lung cancer. With 39,000 people being diagnosed with lung cancer every year in the UK getting them to quit smoking even after they have been diagnosed would save thousands of lives. The researchers said that they also had come across evidence that continuing to smoke impacted on the growth behaviour of lung tumours. They also said that their research showed that the reason why the continuing smokers had a higher death risk was due to the progression of the cancer.

It is amazing how many people continue to hold onto false theories about smoking and studies like this are important because they clearly lay out the huge dangers of smoking and properly quantify the risk of death and serious illness.

The only time and the best time to quit his right now, so what are you waiting for?