04-05-2025
5 surprising things linked to cancer — and what to know about them
You probably know some of the most common causes of cancer, thanks to the efforts of public health campaigns. In 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first report on smoking and health, which concluded that smoking caused lung and throat cancer as well as what's now known as COPD. After that, programs to stop smoking are estimated to have saved about 3.4 million people from dying of lung cancer. Similarly, then-Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy issued an advisory earlier this year on alcohol's link to certain types of cancer.
