Smoking and obesity are most common causes of cancer
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Smoking and obesity are most common causes of cancer

Public health charity says NHS ‘not doing enough’ to help

The most common causes of all types of cancer are smoking and obesity and the NHS should make it a priority to reduce both, researchers from Cancer Research UK recommend.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 17, 3, 6-6. doi: 10.7748/cnp.17.3.6.s2

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