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Study: Smoking may increase risk of skin cancer death

Feb 19, 2019

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Smokers take note..  

A new study in the UK has fould that smoking could hurt your body's ability to fight malignant melanoma; the most dangerous and fatal form of skin cancer. 

Researchers from the University of Leeds found that overall, smokers are 40 percent less likely to survive melanoma, compared to non-smokers. 

They say its because smoking weakens your immune system, which in turn hampers your body's ability to fight the disease.