Women with breast cancer putting their health at further risk
Many Australian women are continuing to smoke and drink after being diagnosed with breast cancer, increasing their risk of further cancers, new Australian research has revealed.
The Bupa Health Foundation Health and Wellbeing After Breast Cancer Study has found that two out of every three women who were cigarette smokers when their breast cancer was diagnosed continued to smoke two years later. Of heavier smokers, only one in ten was likely to quit.