Cigarette smoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in the body. Cigarette smoking causes cancer of the mouth and throat, esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, liver, pancreas, voicebox (larynx), trachea, bronchus, kidney and renal pelvis, urinary bladder, and cervix, and causes acute myeloid leukemia. https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/basic_info/risk_factors.htm
Smoking is the biggest preventable cause of cancer in the UK. Chemicals in cigarette smoke enter our blood stream and can then affect the entire body, this is why smoking causes so many different types of cancer. Stopping smoking completely is the best thing you can do for your health, and there are many ways you can do it
Our bodies are designed to deal with a bit of damage, but they often can’t cope with the amount of harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke.
The link between smoking and cancer is very clear. It causes at least 15 different types of cancer. Smoking causes around 7 in 10 lung cancer cases in the UK, which is also the most common cause of cancer death. It causes other cancers including mouth, pharynx (upper throat), nose and sinuses, larynx (voice box), oesophagus (food pipe), liver, pancreas, stomach, kidney, bowel, ovary, bladder, cervix, and some types of leukaemia. Smoking causes other diseases too, such as heart disease and various lung diseases.