2. Tobacco-attributable cancer burden in the UK in 2010

Abstract

Table 7 summarizes the findings with respect to lung cancer and exposure to tobacco smoke. In total, 34 599 cases of lung cancer in the UK (86% of the total) were due to exposure to tobacco smoke in 2010, the great majority of which (97.4%) are due to active smoking (current or in the past). The figures for men are 87% cases due to exposure to tobacco (of which 97.7% were due to smoking), and for women 84% cases due to exposure to tobacco (of which 96.2% were due to smoking). Table 7 Cases of lung cancer attributable to tobacco, by sex and age group (UK 2010) Table 8 shows the final summary of the estimate of tobacco-attributable cancer in the UK. In total, the estimate is of 60 837 cancer cases (19.4% of all new cancer cases) attributable to tobacco: 36 537 (23.0%) of cancers in men and 24 300 (15.6%) of cancers in women. Table 8 Cancer cases caused by exposure to tobacco smoke (by smoking, or environmental), UK 2010 See acknowledgements on page Si.