PPT-Tobacco Related Cancers

Philip C Nasca MS PhD FACE State University of New York At Albany S chool of Public Health Annual Deaths Attributable to Cigarette Smoking United States 2002004 Assessing Causality . Curb the Deadliest Epidemic. Keith Bradley, MD. Director, . Research . Associates . Program at. . St. . Vincent’s . National Alliance of Research Associates Programs . (NARAP). Nicotine-Related Pathology. Dr Alan Donaldson. Consultant . in Clinical Genetics. Bristol. Why do tumour analysis?. To identify 1-5% of individuals whose colon cancer may be due to Lynch syndrome, for DNA analysis.. ~15% of colon cancers are MSI high.. Answer the following questions independently. . If you don’t know the answer, make the best possible educated guess you can. . Do not leave any questions unanswered.. What causes cancer?. Why is cancer so harmful to the body?. 2. False. Smokers who choose “light” or low-tar cigarettes do not reduce tar intake or smoking-related disease risks, nor is there any evidence that switching to “light” cigarettes helps smokers quit.. Cigarettes. Cured and finely cut tobacco rolled in a paper. Cigarettes usually have a filter on the end. . More than 4,000 different chemicals have been found in tobacco and tobacco smoke. . Among these are more than 60 chemicals that are known to cause cancer. . Financial Costs to Society. $193 billion in annual health-related economic losses. $95 billion in medical expenditures. College Students and Tobacco Use. Estimated 19 percent reported having smoked in the past 30 days in a 2007 study. at Postsecondary Institutions in Minnesota. Meghan R. Mason. 1,2. , MPH, Katherine Lust. 2. , PhD, MPH, RD, Julia Sanem. 2. , MPH, . David Golden. 2. , BA, BS, Maria Rudie. 3. , MPH. 1. St .Catherine University, Saint Paul, MN, . https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m7-zIa6-Es&index=5&list=PLDn9r9P9F4oFUCQdFBkcmm0fC_R3UenZI. 80% of adult smokers started smoking as teenagers!!!!!!!!!!!!!. https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEDpJTTDZP8&index=2&list=PLDn9r9P9F4oFUCQdFBkcmm0fC_R3UenZI. Last updated: March 2021. GI cancers comprise a heterogenous array of tumor types. 1. . Pourhoseingholi MA, et al. . Gastroenterol. . Hepatol. Bed . Bench 2015;8(1):19; 2. . GI Cancer Alliance. GI Cancers. http://www.gicancersalliance.org/gi-cancers (. Do you have anyone in your family or a family friend that smokes cigarettes or uses chewing tobacco? If so, how does it make you feel?. Please write a question that you would like answered by the end of this unit or a topic you would like to cover that relates to tobacco use?. What is the difference between cigarettes and e-cigarettes?. Cigarettes. Nicotine. Psychoactive drug in . cigarettes. . . Tar. . The dark, sticky substance . that. . forms when . tobacco . burns. What is HPV?. Human papillomavirus: A family of over 100 viruses including those which causes warts and are transmitted by contact. . Each virus is given a number and this is called an . HPV type. .. Only a few decades ago, people smoked on airplanes, in movie theatres, in restaurants & at work. Today, people know a lot more about the dangers of tobacco, & it’s not as socially acceptable to smoke. Tobacco is a green, leafy plant that is grown in warm climates. After it . is picked. , it is dried, ground up, and used in different ways. It can be smoked in . a cigarette. , pipe, or cigar. It can be chewed (called smokeless tobacco or .