Study: Smoking is not a major cause of lung cancer

Study: Smoking is not a major cause of lung cancer

During this time, tobacco products judged to be the cause of lung cancer. But it turns out it is not a major factor, the World Health Organization (WHO) States that there is a more dangerous factor.

Air pollution, this is the foremost reason why lung cancer can occur. Source of pollution in the form of smoke from the exhaust fumes from cars, power plants, agricultural and industrial emissions, as well as the process of warming produced by the homes of residents.

The study was conducted by The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the WHO. It stated, synchronised with the air pollution tobacco, UV radiation and plutonium, as a cause of lung cancer.

"Before, the identified air pollution causes heart disease and other lung disorders. But now it's been proven that air pollution causes cancer, "said Kurt Straif, doctors from the IARC, reported by the BBC, Monday, October 21, 2013.

Kurt added, 223.000 cases of death due to lung cancer around the world caused by air pollution.

More than half of the deaths were in China and other East Asian area. Rapid development of the industry in Beijing, turned out to be a bad impact on the health of its people.

In addition, air pollution also threaten the health with the possibility of bladder cancer.

"Now we know that air pollution is not the only major risk of health in General, but also the leading cause of cancer deaths," said Kurt.

Because of the tremendous impact this bad, the WHO recommends to all local governments to immediately take action.