One in 20 hospital admissions 'due to smoking'

One in 20 hospital admissions in England is due to smoking and treating illnesses related to the habit costs the NHS £5.2 billion a year, official statistics suggest.
There were around 1.4 million hospital admissions in 2007/8 for diseases caused by smoking in people aged over 35, a report from the NHS Information Centre said.

For people aged over 35 smoking accounts for five per cent of all hospital admissions and one in five deaths in this age group is attributed to smoking, the report said.

An estimated 83,900 people died as a result of smoking in 2007/8 – 18 per cent of all deaths for adults aged 35 or over.

The proportion of adults smoking has dropped slightly from 22 per cent in 2006 to 21 per cent in 2007 but many diseases take years to develop so ill health related to the high smoking rates of the 1970s and 1980s are only now manifesting.

The drop is mainly due to more people never taking up the habit in the first place, the report said.

The report said 35 per cent of deaths due to respiratory diseases and 29 per cent of all cancer deaths were due to smoking.

One in seven deaths from circulatory diseases was also attributed to smoking, the report said.

Public Health Minister Gillian Merron said: "These figures reveal the sad reality that over a million smokers needlessly end up in hospital each year due to their habit. Stopping smoking is hard, but thanks to free local NHS Stop Smoking Services, you are up to four times more likely to succeed.

TABACCO

stop eating tobacco it kills larger number of people are dieing in India due to mouth cancer mostly the state of Bengal, orisa, and such. the awareness campaign are started people of theses state don't know what are the cause of eating tobacco, from childhood there are eating tobacco. if u see the tata hospital of cancer in Mumbai many cancer patient are from Bengal or orisa and the cause of cancer is tobacco.

people are knowingly or unknowingly consuming it. people of east are well know for pan and smoke. it became like a custom and habit they cant live with out it. so the target audience is the village people they don't know the cause of tobacco effect. even people from the village so the pan growing business it will effect it but to stop cancer we have to take a strong step to stop caner in India

The Cancer Foundation of Indi

The Cancer Foundation of India is a registered non-profit voluntary organization dedicated to campaign for cancer prevention and control in India. The Foundation came into being in 2002 as a consequence of the professional vision and personal commitment of a group of socially conscious and motivated clinicians, researchers, public health specialists and social activists. Through the activities of the organization we try to bridge the gap that exists in cancer public health, education, training & human resource development, preventive research and cancer survivor issues in the country.

CFI is a knowledge - based organisation generating scientific information through focused projects in Preventive Cancer Research and its application towards promotion of Cancer Public Health.

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Tata Memorial Centre

The Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) is the new state-of-the-art R&D satellite of the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), which also includes under its umbrella the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), the largest cancer hospital in Asia. ACTREC has the mandate to function as a national centre for treatment, research and education in cancer. TMC is an autonomous grant-in-aid institution of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. It is registered under the Societies Registration Act (1860) and the Bombay Public Trust Act (1950). Its Governing Council is headed by the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, Government of India.
ACTREC comprises of 2 arms - one for basic research and another for clinical research. The basic research building was inaugurated in March 2002 at the new site of ACTREC in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. In August 2002, the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) shifted in toto from its Parel campus in Mumbai to serve as the basic research arm of ACTREC. The clinical research arm of ACTREC comprising of the Clinical Research Centre (CRC) has become functional from March 2005. ACTREC also has a 50-bed hospital fully equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic facilities. Research investigations at CRI currently focus on molecular mechanisms responsible for causation of major human cancers relevant to India. It is envisaged that in the future, ACTREC will play a greater role in drug development and emerging therapies for treatment and prevention of cancer.

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Pancreatic Cancer Cannot Be Successfully Treated With Chinese Herbal Medicine

Pancreatic Cancer destroys the body, but leaves the mind intact. Sometimes, traditional Chinese Herbal medicine is used in an attempt at a cure. This is a big mistake.

Traditional Chinese medicine focuses on restoring a balance of energy, body, and spirit to maintain health rather than treating a particular disease. Herbs are used with the goal of restoring balance by nourishing the body. What a wonderful fantasy; if only it could be even partially true. I am sorry to dispel the notion.

My NFL husband of 49 years, was diagnosed with the disease when he was 74 years old. Yes, we tried a Chinese green herbal drink, but it interfered with the chemotherapy that was critical for even a few months survival. His doctor was appalled that we had begun this type of treatment.

Chinese herbal medicine is not based on conventional Western concepts. It uses a variety of herbs in different combinations in an attempt to "balance" the body. Some practitioners claim herbs have the power to prevent and treat a variety of types of cancer.

Well, my experience would say that does not include Pancreatic Cancer. Steve Jobs had a liver transplant after living with the disease for 4 years. I guess he was luckier, or richer, than my husband. This is an absolutely debilitating devastating condition for everyone involved. Especially for the one who suffered with his brain intact.

Can you believe he gave a speech at a National Convention 2 weeks before his death and conducted a Board of Directors Meeting just 2 days before?