If you smoke, you increase your risk of at least 16 different types of cancer including lung, mouth (oral cavity), throat (pharynx), oesophagus, stomach, bowel, liver, pancreas, nasal cavity and sinuses, voice box (larynx), cervix, ovary, bladder, kidney, ureter and bone marrow (myeloid leukaemia)
According to the 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey , only 3.4 percent of Massachusetts high school students reported currently smoking, defined as having used cigarettes at least once in the past 30 days, and just 0.9 percent reported daily use
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The state said nearly 40% of 12th grade students and 27% of high school students in New York indicated in recent surveys that are used e-cigarettes 160% higher than the usage rates five years ago