Although merchants weren't exactly happy with the idea of a credit card that could be used everywhere â fewer people would be using their individual store credit cards â McNamara's cards caught on quick with customers, expanding to 20,000 users in the first year.
Smoking can cause cancer and then block your body from fighting it: 1  Poisons in cigarette smoke can weaken the bodyâs immune system, making it harder to kill cancer cells. 2  Poisons in tobacco smoke can damage or change a cell's DNA.
The major cause of urothelial cancer is cigarette smoking. A strong correlation exists between the duration and amount of cigarette smoking and cancers at all levels of the urothelial tract. This association holds for both transitional cell and squamous cell carcinomas.