A new study has found that nearly 20% of survivors of smoking-related cancers continued to smoke even after recovery.<br />According to UPI, smoking-related cancers can develop virtually anywhere in the body, including the blood.<br />Researchers say the percentage was far greater among survivors of all types of cancer who had been smokers.<br />The percentage of current smokers among smoking-related cancer survivors was ... substantially higher than that in the general population of about 14%. Sanjay Shete Study Co-Author Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences Division, University of Texas<br />Among active smokers, nearly 57% said they had attempted to quit, but failed, at least once in the 12 months before participating in the study.<br />Survivors of smoking-related cancers were more than twice as likely to continue smoking compared to survivors of other cancers.
