Tobacco use is the most important risk factor for cancer

World Cancer Day 2015

4th February 2015


Wold Cancer Day is celebrated to promote awareness about the fight against cancer and educate people suffering from its pain that it is a curable disease. Prevention, early detection, treatment and care open up to the exciting prospect that we can impact the global cancer burden - for the better.:
• About 30% of cancer deaths is due to the five leading behavioral and dietary risks: high body mass index, low fruit and vegetable intake, physical inactivity, tobacco use, alcohol use and is therefore preventable.• Tobacco use is the most important risk factor for cancer causing over 20% of global cancer deaths and about 70% of global lung cancer deaths.• More than 60% of world's total new annual cases occur in Africa, Asia and Central and South America. These regions account for 70% of the world's cancer deaths.• Cancers figure among the leading causes of death worldwide, accounting for 8.2 million deaths in 2012.• It is expected that annual cancer cases will rise from 14 million in 2012 to 22 within the next two decades