Smoking and Cancer Risk: What You Need to know A clear, easy-to-ready health awareness factsheet.
Whether you’re looking for information on smoking and cancer, tobacco-related cancers and health conditions, or reducing cancer risk, the Smoking and Cancer Risk factsheet offers clear evidence-based facts to help you understand the risk of smoking. This resource also outlines the National Lung Cancer Screening Program and offers Tips to Quit to support smoking or vaping cessation. Designed to inform and support, this factsheet is suitable for individuals, healthcare professionals, clinics, health and community centers.
It's never too late to quit smoking.
Smoking is the greatest preventable cause of multiple types of cancer in Australia. Quitting, or never starting to smoke are the most effective actions you can take to lover your cancer risk.
Readers will Discover:
How smoking harms your health, including the 16 types of cancer and other health conditions caused by smoking.
An explanation of how smoking causes cancer, through DNA damage.
An overview of the National Lung Cancer Screening Program.
Tips to Quit smoking or vaping and the benefits of quitting.
