Quitting smoking after cancer diagnosis improves survival across a wide variety of cancers
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Smokers who are diagnosed with cancer now have more incentive to quit, as researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found survival outcomes were optimized when patients quit smoking within six months of their diagnosis.  
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Original Title: Quitting smoking six months after cancer diagnosis improves survival across a wide variety of cancers | Study results found a 22%-26% reduction in cancer-related mortality among those who had quit smoking within three months after tobacco treatment began.