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" Britons still do not know enough about the links between smoking and cancer, according to a new survey from Cancer Research UK. The charity commissioned a poll of more than 4,000 people, conducted by research firm YouGov, which found that more than 80 per cent did not know there was a link between smoking and eight types of cancer. The vast majority (93 per cent) knew there was a link between smoking and lung cancer, with 76 per cent knowing that tobacco causes mouth cancer and 68 per cent aware of its link with cancer of the larynx (voice box). But awareness of tobacco&amp;#039;s links with other forms of cancer was worryingly low. For instance, fewer than 20 per cent of respondents realised that smoking increases a person&amp;#039;s chances of developing leukaemia and cancers of the liver, pancreas, bowel, kidney, bladder, cervix or ovary. &amp;#039;These alarming results show what could be a fatal level of ignorance about the toxic hit list from tobacco,&amp;#039; said Professor Robert West, the charity&amp;#039;s expert on giving up smoking. &amp;#039;There are only two options to eliminate illness caused by smoking: help smokers to quit and stop young people from starting to smoke,&amp;#039; he added. The latest NHS figures suggest that 21 per cent of over-16s in England are smokers - the same proportion as in 2007 and 2008. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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