Women did you know that smoking, or having sex with a smoker can cause cervical cancer?

Question

Smoking
Nicotine and cotinine, chemicals produced from tobacco, have been found in the cervical cells of women who smoke. Men who smoke also excrete these chemicals in their semen, which comes in contact with the cervix during sexual intercourse. Tobacco chemicals may cause alterations in the cells that lead to dysplasia. (See also: women and smoking, and smoking cessation options)

I just read this on womenshealthchannel. I'm married to a smoker and have had an irregular pap in the past and thought this was important info to share. It was news to me.God bless!!

Robin B - Nothing was said about lung cancer.

Answer 1

Hi Bert! You are very clear with the biological and chemical connection, so I am clueless as to why Robin B is clueless. Read it again, Robin.

The connection is logical to me. Everything in our environment gets absorbed into our skin and filters through not only our lungs, but our liver as well. It is not surprising that there is a connection.

My hubby had been married before, and his ex-wife smoked. He said that he could 'taste' her cigarette smoking in her - um...fluids...(don't mean to be offensive). This is why it is good to educate yourself on how our fragile biologys are tied into our outside environment, as well as things we ingest.

So, you have given us great information. Science is finding more surprising information every day - connections between items that originally did not seem could possibly be related. I've been reading a book called "The Secret Life of Germs: Observations and Lessons From a Microbe Hunter" By Philip M. Tierno Jr., PhD *
It's kind of a dry read, but is facinating! Dr. Tierno has covered a very wide range of how our outside environment alters our health and what we can do to be pro-active to try and maintain the best living environment possible.

Thank you again, Bert, for sharing some more of your incite with us - we can never have too much information!

071807 7:20

Answer 2

lung cancer/ cervical cancer..I don't see the connection.