Does smoking really cause cancer? or there are other factors?

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Cigarettes Are Not a Factor for Lung Cancer



If you read the news in the health section of a media, you will surely find a lot of news that cigarettes are the culprit of a person with lung cancer. The news that is constantly being produced is further expanded by anti-smoking agents by contributing to the reporting in various tobacco control campaigns. No wonder people then practice smoking as the culprit of lung cancer.



We must be clear in responding to the news, because the human body problem is a complex problem. The emergence of a disease is also a complex problem, it does not necessarily indict carelessly, let alone make it a single factor.



For cigarette cases are considered as the single factor causing lung cancer, we should be critical first, it can begin with the question "Is it true that only cigarettes cause lung cancer?" It turns out that from this question we will find another fact, that not only is lung cancer caused by smoking and smoking behavior.



Cases of people who do not smoke but suffer from lung cancer often occur, one of which was experienced by the Head of the Center for Data, Information and Public Relations of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. In mid-January 2018, he was sentenced to stage 4B lung cancer. Of course he felt shocked by not having a smoking habit.





The following are some of the factors that cause lung cancer, by quoting from various sources:



Family History



If there is a family member who has had lung cancer, then there is a large contribution to other family members to get similar diseases. However, this can be offset by avoiding other risk factors that minimize the possibility of developing lung cancer.



Exposure to chemicals present around



Because cigarettes are constantly being reported as the main factor causing lung cancer, we are not aware that around us there are other risk factors for lung cancer. Exposure to chemicals that come into contact with our daily lives, we have never counted as a factor causing lung cancer.



Exposure to Benzopyrene



Very foreign Benzopyrene is indeed heard in our ears, but benzopyrene seems very commonly found in daily activities. Benzopyrene is the residual product of combustion. This dangerous substance is included in the list of pollutants published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States.



Diet is not balanced



Balance is key. So also applies to the human body. This balance must be maintained in the diet, while a healthy diet is food that contains all the elements of balanced nutrition according to the body's needs, both protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals and water. The source of nutritional intake must be chosen as naturally as possible, so that balance can be maintained.