Smoking increases risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 19:30 in Health & Medicine

Postmenopausal women who smoke or used to smoke have up to a 16% higher risk of developing breast cancer compared to women who have never smoked, finds research published in the British Medical Journal today.

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