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To assess the association between tobacco use and cancer diagnosis, focusing on inconsistencies in previous studies.

Cancer and Tobacco Smoking

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To assess the association between tobacco use and cancer diagnosis, focusing on inconsistencies in previous studies.
Review of literature from the past twenty years on tobacco use and cancer association.
Analysis of tobacco history in patients admitted to Roswell Park Memorial Institute.
Data collected routinely before establishing final cancer diagnoses.
Higher smoking rates observed in male cancer patients over 40, especially with cancers of the buccal cavity and respiratory tract.
Previous studies show conflicting results due to issues with sample sizes and controls.
No definitive conclusion reached regarding tobacco's role in cancer based on current literature.

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Review evaluates tobacco's association with cancer in older males, indicating inconsistent evidence from literature.

Morton L. Levin (1950) studied this question.

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