<p>Researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Flourida, investigated the relationship between cigarette smoking and non-melanoma skin cancers, including basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). <br /><br />Smoking histories were ascompared between patients diagnosed with either BCC or SCC, or both, and a group of controls comprised of patients who were screened for skin cancers, but who were not diagnosed with no history of skin cancer. <br /><br />The study’s 698 participants were recruited through Moffitt’s Lifetime Screening and Prevention Centre and the University of South Florida’s Dermatology and Family Medicine Clinics. </p>.<p>The participants were asked about their smoking behaviours in terms of years smoked, how many cigarettes per day they smoked, and when those who once smoked quit smoking. </p>.<p>The results showed that cigarette smoking was associated with non-melanoma skin cancer overall, and that the risk increased with numbers of cigarettes per day, total years of smoking, and pack-years smoked. <br /></p>
<p>Researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Flourida, investigated the relationship between cigarette smoking and non-melanoma skin cancers, including basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). <br /><br />Smoking histories were ascompared between patients diagnosed with either BCC or SCC, or both, and a group of controls comprised of patients who were screened for skin cancers, but who were not diagnosed with no history of skin cancer. <br /><br />The study’s 698 participants were recruited through Moffitt’s Lifetime Screening and Prevention Centre and the University of South Florida’s Dermatology and Family Medicine Clinics. </p>.<p>The participants were asked about their smoking behaviours in terms of years smoked, how many cigarettes per day they smoked, and when those who once smoked quit smoking. </p>.<p>The results showed that cigarette smoking was associated with non-melanoma skin cancer overall, and that the risk increased with numbers of cigarettes per day, total years of smoking, and pack-years smoked. <br /></p>