| v> | | | | detected in women of any age, it is important to |
| | | | stop smoking as well. This can help keep the |
| Toxins found in tobacco contributes to the onset | | | | cancer contained without it spreading further. |
| of breast cancer. Did you know that nicotine | | | | The Harmful Effects of Second Hand Smoke |
| plays a part in spreading it? | | | | A person with breast cancer can still be affected |
| The medical world agrees that women who | | | | by nicotine that is absorbed by the body through |
| smoke have the odds stacked against them for | | | | second hand smoke. It is therefore important for |
| getting breast cancer. Women who are concerned | | | | friends and family to be aware of this. The |
| about getting this cancer should stay away from | | | | damages can be far worse for the sufferer if the |
| tobacco. Toxins found in most tobacco contribute | | | | cancer is not contained. Since nicotine contributes |
| to the onset of breast cancer, while nicotine on | | | | to the spread of cancer, and since second hand |
| the other hand, contributes to its spread. Women | | | | smoke can be absorbed, people should not smoke |
| can help themselves by putting an end to | | | | in the presence of cancer sufferers. |
| smoking. | | | | Because nicotine is one of the most addictive |
| Nicotine Spreads Cancer | | | | substances known, it can be very hard to give up |
| Due to the physiological make up of women, | | | | smoking. Anyone who is diagnosed with breast |
| nicotine causes breast cancer to spread at a | | | | cancer should never be around any type of |
| quicker rate in women than in men. Many | | | | smoking at all. While this is not going to cure the |
| researchers are using this fact as a way to find a | | | | cancer, it can stop its’ spread. This is very |
| cure. Teenage girls who are at risk should not | | | | important. Isolating the area where the cancer is |
| start smoking because it is at this time that their | | | | located can make it easier to remove. If the |
| breasts experience the greatest growth. If they | | | | cancer is allowed to spread, it is much more |
| smoke now, it would be in their best interests to | | | | difficult to have a successful attempt at |
| stop as soon as possible. Should breast cancer be | | | | eradicating it. |