The recommendations are available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, and Polish. ![]() The 2020 US Surgeon General’s Report reported that smoking cessation after a cancer diagnosis is associated with improved survival, and quitting smoking significantly benefits non-cancer-related health outcomes. The clinical effects of smoking after a cancer diagnosis also dramatically increase the cost of cancer care. The substantial body of research reviewed in the 2014 US Surgeon General’s Report concluded that smoking by cancer patients and survivors causes adverse outcomes, including increased overall mortality and cancer-related mortality, greater risk of a second primary cancer, and associations with substantially worse toxicity from cancer treatments. Whereas the harmful effects of smoking on health are well recognized, the negative impacts of continued smoking after a diagnosis of cancer are underappreciated. Tobacco use is a well-established cause of cancer and contributes to about 1 in 3 cancer deaths. ![]() ![]() IASLC POSITION STATEMENT ON TOBACCO CESSATION AFTER A CANCER DIAGNOSIS
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