Consider this . . . We all wish to avoid getting cancer in some form; but were you aware of the many common chemicals in our society that are potentially the cause?  The Merck Manual lists them as:

Arsenic–lung cancer, skin cancer

Asbestos–lung cancer, mesothelioma

Benzene–leukemia

Diesel exhaust–lung cancer

Formaldehyde–leukemia, nasal cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer

Hair dyes–bladder cancer, lymphoma

Ionizing radiation–almost all types of cancer

Painting materials–leukemia, lung cancer

Pesticides, nonarsenic–lung cancer

Radon–lung cancer

Radiation–most types of cancer

Ultraviolet radiation–skin cancer

Vinyl chloride–hepatic angiosarcoma

Alcohol–breast cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer,laryngeal cancer, liver cancer, mouth cancer, pharyngeal cancer

Tobacco–acute myeloid leukemia, bladder cancer, cervical cancer,colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, head and neck cancer, kidneycancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer

Diethylstilbestrol (DES)–cervicovaginal cancer in women exposedin utero

Immunosuppressant drugs–Kaposi sarcoma, kidney cancer,lymphoma, melanoma, skin cancer

https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/multimedia/table/common-chemical-carcinogens

The public is largely unaware of the fact that there are a huge number of medical journal articles which state clearly that cancer is not inevitable as we get older, that it is not commonly a consequence of defective genes (i.e., the effect of genes, although important, is greatly exaggerated byPharma), and that cancer is indeed a largely preventable medical condition.

Life expectancy is falling deeply in our world, because a majority of society is metabolically unhealthy,  due to the food we eat and certain household items.  "  . . . a grossly underappreciated driver in what ails us is the role of environmental toxins and endocrine-disrupting chemicals. .  . mounting evidence now supports their significance in fertility, metabolic health, and cancer".  Medscape for Nurses has recently published a compelling report about Microplastics and the components of plastic production we are exposed to, Dioxins, Pesticides, Carbon-florides in our water.

Learn more about it and what you can do to protect your health on this site--Medscape

February 27, 2023

Middle-aged smokers are far more likely to report having memory loss and confusion than nonsmokers, according to researchers at Ohio State University.

What to know:

• Using data on smoking from the national 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System allowed a simple assessment of potential neurologic changes that could be easily done routinely, and at younger ages than we typically start to see cognitive declines that rise to the level of a diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease or dementia.
• A comparison of subjective cognitive decline (SCD) between current smokers, recent former smokers, and those who had quit years earlier found that middle-aged smokers are far more likely to report having memory loss and confusion than nonsmokers.
• The prevalence of SCD among smokers was almost twice that of nonsmokers while those who quit smoking more than a decade before the survey had a cognitive decline prevalence just slightly above the nonsmoking group.
• The most significant link to smoking cessation's neurologic influence was in the 45-59 age group, suggesting that even quitting at that stage of life may have a benefit for cognitive health.
• Quitting smoking is good not just for respiratory and cardiovascular reasons, but to help preserve neurologic health — and the earlier one quits smoking, the greater the overall health benefits and the lower the likelihood of cognitive decline.

This is a summary of the article, "Relation Between Smoking Status and Subjective Cognitive Decline in Middle Age and Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data," published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease on December 21, 2022. The full article can be found on j-alz.com .

"Starting this month, the major U.S. tobacco companies must begin to post eye-catching signs telling the public the truth about the deadly consequences of cigarette smoking at about 220,000 retail stores across the nation that sell cigarettes.

This is a huge victory for public health! 

 Under a federal court order, the signs will be installed near cigarette displays in these stores between July 1 and September 30 and must be displayed until June 30, 2025. This is a long-overdue step in holding the tobacco industry accountable for decades of lies that led to addiction, disease and premature death for millions of people.

The order applies to tobacco companies Altria and its Philip Morris USA subsidiary, R.J. Reynolds and ITG Brands

The signs are the final step in implementing the “corrective statements” the tobacco companies were first ordered to make in 2006, when U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler issued a landmark judgment that these companies violated civil racketeering laws and lied to the public for decades about the health risks and addictiveness of cigarettes and their marketing to children. "  (July 9, 2023)