For the International Lung Cancer Prevention Day which took place a few days ago, a new survey carried out on a global scale makes us feel cold and remember that smoking still destroys as much.
A SPECIAL INCREASE IN OCEANIA AND EUROPE!
Researchers from the International University of Catalonia in Spain, the University of Milan in Italy and the University of Porto in Portugal have found that a dramatic rise (43%) in lung cancer in women is expected to 'by 2030, especially in Europe and Oceania. Conversely, the breast cancer death rate would tend to decrease.
Thanks to the database ofWorld Health Organization, results were observed for 52 countries around the world. Death rates were calculated per 100 years lived by a country's population in order to harmonize differences in life expectancy. Overall, the number of deaths is expected to drop from 000 deaths per 11,2 years to 100 in 000.
The highest mortality rate will affect Europe, Oceania, then the American continent and Asia. The doctor Jose Martinez-Sánchez, epidemiologist and lead author of the study, explains: Different chronologies have been observed in the tobacco epidemic around the world ". The increase in this rate is primarily for high-GDP countries. It was first in Europe that tobacco lobbies found a loyal mixed clientele: " IIt was socially accepted for a woman to smoke in Europe and Oceania long before the habit spread to America and Asia, reflecting why lung cancer mortality rates are higher ».
THE ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE WILL CHANGE NOTHING TO THIS PROBLEM?
Conversely, by 2030, the breast cancer mortality rate is expected to decrease from 16,1 to 14,7 for 100 000. These estimates reflect better screening programs and advances in breast cancer treatments, but they also point to the delay in detecting lung cancer, often at very advanced stages.
The increase in the use of electronic cigarettes would suggest a reversal of predictions, but researchers involved in the study say that 
evidence that they are tools for stopping smoking are " contradictory and scanty ».
The most effective way to reduce the number of cancers is prevention, to prevent new people from starting to smoke. As laws become more restrictive in Europe and elsewhere, tobacco companies are focusing more on developing countries. Tobacco-related mortality is therefore expected to increase overall. " If we do not put in place measures to reduce cigarette consumption, lung cancer will increase around the world Says Dr. Jose Martinez-Sánchez.
Source : Paris Match
