Morning Smoking - Lung Cancer

Smokers who indulge in their first cigarette shortly after waking up have an increased risk of developing lung and head and neck cancers, according to two new studies published in Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society. The findings may help identify smokers who have a greater risk of developing cancer. A study of 7,610 smokers, published in the journal Cancer, said the effect was independent of other smoking habits.



Smoking in the first 30 minutes after waking nearly doubled the, already high, risk of lung cancer.
Cancer Research UK suggested people who were quick to smoke may inhale more smoke into the lungs.
Scientists at the Penn State College of Medicine in the US looked at 4,776 smokers with lung cancer and 2,835 smokers without cancer.



Cancer Research UK's Professor Robert West said: "Smokers who light up soon after waking tend to smoke each cigarette more intensively.