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All types of tobacco put you on a collision course with cancer. Rejecting tobacco, or deciding to stop using it, is one of the most important health decisions you can make. It's also an important part of cancer prevention. Avoiding tobacco in any form significantly reduces your risk of several cancers, including: In the United States, cigarette smoking is responsible for about 90 percent of all cases of lung cancer — the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women. Every time you smoke a cigarette, you inhale more than 60 substances (carcinogens) that can cause your cells to become cancerous. In addition, the tar in cigarette smoke forms a sticky brown layer on the lining of your lungs and air passages. This layer traps the carcinogens you've inhaled. Smoking cigars and pipes or chewing tobacco isn't safe either. Compared with nonsmokers, cigar and pipe smokers have higher rates of lung cancer, as well as cancers of the larynx, esophagus and mouth. Chewing tobacco also increases the risk of cancers of the mouth, cheeks and gums. Even if you don't smoke, reduce your exposure to secondhand smoke. Each year, about 3,000 nonsmokers die of lung cancer caused by secondhand smoke. MORE ON THIS TOPIC
 * Lung
 * Esophagus
 * Voice box (larynx)
 * Mouth
 * Bladder
 * Kidney
 * Pancreas
 * Cervix
 * Stomach
 * Acute myeloid leukemia
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