Polluted lungs – Times of India
Study has shown nearly 50% of lung cancer patients across the country are non-smokers. Experts say pollution plays a big role in people falling prey to cancer. TOI analyses the effects of pollution on healthThere was a time when smoking would be associated with lung cancer and whenever we would see our loved ones light up cigarettes, we would immediately urge them to give up the harmful habit, fearing that they may be affected with the terminal disease.Even cigarette packets carry a ‘smoking kills’ sign in a perhaps feeble attempt to dissuade people from smoking and possibly protect them from the disease. But does not consuming tobacco shield you from lung cancer? Not anymore as per studies that show 40-50% of lung cancer patients in India are non-smokers.Air we breatheThe World Health Org...
