Tobacco products increase breast cancer risk and 5 critical symptoms

While scientific studies reveal that the use of cigarettes and tobacco products increases the risk of breast cancer by 10 to 25 percent in addition to lung and throat cancer, experts have announced 5 critical symptoms that smokers must take into consideration immediately.

While the use of tobacco products plays a role in COPD and cardiovascular diseases as well as lung and throat cancer, research shows that the risk of breast cancer in women who smoke increases by approximately 10 to 25 percent compared to those who have never smoked. It is stated that the risk is also high in passive smokers. Although data regarding the use of electronic cigarettes, heated tobacco products, waterpipe, and smokeless tobacco are limited, it is emphasized that these products negatively affect treatment in cancer patients and increase mortality rates. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aykaç states that the aerosol, referred to as vapor by the tobacco industry, can cause cancer because it contains nicotine, nitrosamines, and toxic components.

One of the most effective steps for a healthy life is to quit tobacco products, and with the quitting process, the risk decreases over time. The five critical symptoms that serve as an alarm for tobacco users are listed respectively as: a cough lasting longer than three weeks and increasing in severity, seeing blood or blood streaks in phlegm, shortness of breath indicating a decrease in lung capacity, chest pain that becomes persistent while breathing or coughing, and hoarseness lasting longer than two to three weeks.