A 51-year-old male asked:
do electric cigarettes or cigars cause cancer?
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Dr. Carlos Encarnacion answered
34 years experience Medical Oncology
???? and yes: Cigars definitely increase your risk of lung cancer (maybe a bit less than cigarettes) in addition to head and neck cancers and other cancers associated with tobacco. Please don't use tobacco products. Electric cigarettes? I frankly don't know of any data on it. Maybe one of my smarter health tap colleagues knows the answer.
Answered on Mar 12, 2020
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