--- description: Smoking causes more than 48% of deaths from the 12 types of cancer sometimes caused by smoking, which include lung cancer and others title: Smoking Kills Lung Cancer: Cigarettes Cause 11 Other Types of Cancer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04bafe9729fcb01a/698854940b72e320c76e47a3/smoking-cancer.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Cancer](/tag/cancer/) ## Cancer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Smoking Causes 12 Different Kinds of Cancers ## Video: Up in Smoke: The Rise and Fall of Big Tobacco [Watch (HLS stream): Up in Smoke: The Rise and Fall of Big Tobacco](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/WPuXPUG8.m3u8) (1:37)  _Published 2014-07-16. "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](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 15, 2015 3:32 PM CUT  Cigarettes tobacco Cigarettes tobaccoGetty Images  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 15, 2015 3:32 PM CUT 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 "undefined") 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. 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