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Smoking Ban will eradicate lung cancer
More good news is coming as a result of the bans on smoking in public places in Scotland. Trends suggest that new lung cancer cases are lowering, and a leading scientist believes that in the long term lung cancer could be almost eradicated in the future.
“Lung cancer could be virtually wiped out in Scotland as a result of the smoking ban in public places, according to the chief medical officer.
Dr Harry Burns, Chief medical officer, said lung cancer rates would be reduced to just a few hundred cases a year in the future.
“In the 1960s, one in 100 men died of lung cancer. Today, rates are falling all the time and thanks to the smoking ban, I expect the reduction in deaths to accelerate until dying from the disease becomes a rare occurrence.” Dr Harry Burns, Chief medical officer
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