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connect the smoking of tobacco with the incidence of Cancer of the
lung, but it is equally true that anyone following the advice given in
1927 would see no reason to modify his behaviour in the light of
advice given by experts in preventive medicine to-day. Smoking
of tobacco has not yet been accepted as the only and absolute cause
of the increased incidence of Cancer of the lung but is is undoubtedly
one of the main precipitating factors, and those who smoke, particularly
those who smoke cigarettes in large quantity and inhale the
products of combustion, are subjecting themselves to a considerable
hazard.
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