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AleksandrR [38]
3 years ago
10

Which of the following is not a way to prevent cancer?

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1 answer:
svetlana [45]3 years ago
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Smoking has been statistically identified as a <em><u>causative</u></em> element in the development of cancers of the lung, tongue, esophagus, and stomach.
It's certainly not a <em>prevention</em> in any way. 
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