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Smoking doubles the chances of getting cancer of the bladder

Smoking is injurious to health, and the whole world knows it, and cause many diseases such as cancer of the lung, mouth, throat, tongue, emphysema, etc.. Now we add another important disease, says a new study, the smokers have a 30 percent higher risk of bladder cancer.

Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men and eighth in women. Are diagnosed each year about 53 thousand cases and 14 of them are fatal.

There has been an increase in cases of bladder cancer in recent decades. Along with smokers, people who work with dyes, metals, paints, leather, textiles and organic chemicals, have a higher risk of bladder cancer, 20 to 25 percent.
But smoking is different, and those who smoke are twice as likely to get bladder cancer as non-smokers.
There are many symptoms of bladder cancer, but one of the most common is blood in the urine, without pain. It is important to go immediately to the doctor if it detects something similar. Another symptom is going to the bathroom too and feels pain when urinating.

"The bladder of a continuing smoker is exposed to carcinogenic substances, which over time can affect the lining of the bladder and lead to cancer," said Tomas Griebling, urologist and an author of the study. "If the threat of lung cancer is not enough to inspire smokers to stop, maybe lose bladder cancer because it could be."

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