Breast cancer risks for teen smokers

Smoking as a teenager has been shown to significantly increase a women’s risk of developing breast cancer later in life.

Research has found that teen girls who began smoking within five years of starting their periods were around 70% more likely to develop cancer later in life than non-smokers.

These observations reinforce the importance of smoking prevention, especially in early adolescence.

Approximately 10% of women will have a risk of developing breast cancer at some point in their life.