--- title: Smoking Kills Lung Cancer: Cigarettes Cause 11 Other Types of Cancer description: Smoking causes more than 48% of deaths from the 12 types of cancer sometimes caused by smoking, which include lung cancer and others canonical: https://time.com/3921149/cancer-smoking-lung-cancer/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-15T15:32:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:58:54.686Z article:section: Health og:title: Smoking Kills Lung Cancer: Cigarettes Cause 11 Other Types of Cancer og:description: Smoking causes more than 48% of deaths from the 12 types of cancer sometimes caused by smoking, which include lung cancer and others og:url: https://time.com/3921149/cancer-smoking-lung-cancer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04bafe9729fcb01a/698854940b72e320c76e47a3/smoking-cancer.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5120 og:image:height: 2880 og:image:alt: smoking cancer og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Smoking Kills Lung Cancer: Cigarettes Cause 11 Other Types of Cancer twitter:description: Smoking causes more than 48% of deaths from the 12 types of cancer sometimes caused by smoking, which include lung cancer and others twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04bafe9729fcb01a/698854940b72e320c76e47a3/smoking-cancer.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Smoking Causes 12 Different Kinds of Cancers > Sponsored content. 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"More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette" is just one of the phrases we don't hear anymore - here's a quick look at America's complicated relationship with the addictive habit._  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jun 15, 2015 3:32 PM UTC  Cigarettes tobacco Cigarettes tobacco Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jun 15, 2015 3:32 PM UTC Everyone knows smoking can cause lung cancer. But it also causes a whole array of other varieties of the disease, from pancreatic cancer to leukemia. Now, new research sheds light on just how deadly tobacco can be when smokers get cancer. Smoking causes more than 48% of deaths from the 12 types of cancer sometimes caused by smoking, according to new [research](http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.2398) in _JAMA Internal Medicine_. Smoking caused more than 80% of lung cancer deaths as well as 77% of larynx cancer deaths. Other top cancers caused by smoking include esophagus, kidney and liver cancer. Researchers analyzed 2011 data from interviews conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the study. Overall, approximately 168,000 people are estimated to die of cancer due to smoking in the United States each year. The study’s researchers note that the prevalence of smoking has been on the decline in recent decades but argue that more needs to be done. Continued progress in reducing cancer mortality, as well as deaths from many other serious diseases, will require more comprehensive tobacco control, including targeted cessation support,” they conclude. ## Transcript This night work's kinda rough, isn't it? That's right. But a Camel's always a pleasure. [ MUSIC ] Yes, in a cigarette, it's the tobacco that counts. And Lucky Strike means prime tobacco. Like a lot of his teammates, and so many big league players, Jim gets more pleasure from Camels than from any other cigarette. [ MUSIC ] You'll be interested to know how the doctor's of America answered that question. Tens of thousands of doctors. Doctors in all parts of the country. In every state of the union. According to the survey, more doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette. 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