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the bottom line

If you smoke, you have a higher risk of getting cancer of the bladder and cancer of the kidney than nonsmokers do.

The link between cigarette smoking and bladder cancer is especially strong. Smoking is the number one preventable cause of bladder cancer in the United States. (1) Smokers are at least twice as likely as nonsmokers to get bladder cancer, and smoking accounts for about half of all cases of this disease. (2) Each year, more than 7,000 Americans die from bladder cancer caused by smoking. (3)

Sources
1. Salminen E, Pukkala E, Teppo L. Bladder cancer and the risk of smoking-related cancers during followup. Journal of Urology 1994;152:1420-1423.
2. Spruck CH, Rideout WM, Olumi AR. Distinct pattern of p53 mutations in bladder cancer: relationship to tobacco usage. Cancer Research 1993;53:1162-1166.
3. Spruck CH, Rideout WM, Olumi AR. Distinct pattern of p53 mutations in bladder cancer: relationship to tobacco usage. Cancer Research 1993;53:1162-1166.

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Related effects cancer cancer gateway page cancer of the esophagus cancer of the mouth cancer of the nose cancer of the pancreas cancer of the penis cancer of the throat cervical cancer lung cancer squamous cell carcinoma urinary tract cancers vulvar cancer urinary urinary system gateway page kidney damage systemic lupus erythematosus urinary tract cancers urinary tract problems	urinary tract cancers sub effects: bladder cancer the bottom line If you smoke, you have a higher risk of getting cancer of the bladder and cancer of the kidney than nonsmokers do. The link between cigarette smoking and bladder cancer is especially strong. Smoking is the number one preventable cause of bladder cancer in the United States. (1) Smokers are at least twice as likely as nonsmokers to get bladder cancer, and smoking accounts for about half of all cases of this disease. (2) Each year, more than 7,000 Americans die from bladder cancer caused by smoking. (3) Sources 1. Salminen E, Pukkala E, Teppo L. Bladder cancer and the risk of smoking-related cancers during followup. Journal of Urology 1994;152:1420-1423. 2. Spruck CH, Rideout WM, Olumi AR. Distinct pattern of p53 mutations in bladder cancer: relationship to tobacco usage. Cancer Research 1993;53:1162-1166. 3. Spruck CH, Rideout WM, Olumi AR. Distinct pattern of p53 mutations in bladder cancer: relationship to tobacco usage. Cancer Research 1993;53:1162-1166.