In their teens and already staring at the ‘Big C’


KUALA LUMPUR: A person who starts smoking in his teens risks getting cancer at a younger age, even before he turns 40.

Hospital Kuala Lumpur oncologist Dr Vaishnavi Jeyasingam said with the increased number of years of smoking, the risk of developing cancer dramatically increases.

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