Cancer deaths fall as US smokers quit

[gwenith, BSN, RN]

It is a milestone: the total number of US cancer deaths has dropped for the first time since records began in 1930

IT IS a milestone in the fight against cancer: in the US the total number of cancer deaths has dropped for the first time since records began in 1930. The biggest cause is a decline in the number of smokers. The announcement coincides with a meeting of more than 110 countries to try to reduce smoking's impact on health, especially in developing nations, where increasing numbers of people are taking up the habit.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg18925394.200.html

Good news;)