Hand-rolled cigarettes harmful

As compared to manufactured cigarettes, hand-rolled ones increase the risk of smokers for developing lung cancer. Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. Globally, it kills 1.3 million people each year. According to a paper presented at the World Conference on Lung Cancer in Seoul, more than 80 percent of patients who had lung cancer in the study of 333 people primarily smoked hand-rolled cigarettes. Hand-rolled cigarettes tend to be loosely packed with tobacco, but have significantly higher nicotine and tar content because they do not have filters. Although smokers of hand-rolled cigarettes tend to consume less tobacco, they are more susceptible to developing lung disease. Researchers at the Norway's Sorlandet Hospital found that while smokers of hand-rolled cigarettes smoke fewer cigarettes, and statistically have lesser years of smoking, hand-rolled cigarettes are more carcinogenic, resulting in a higher incidence of lung cancer. Norway is one of the last Western countries that still use a significant amount of hand-rolled tobacco, amounting to one-third of tobacco sales. According to another study at the John Hopkins University School of Public Health, women who smoked hand-rolled cigarettes had a higher rate of cancer than the ones who used manufactured cigarettes. Although, smoking in all forms is injurious to health, smoking hand-rolled cigarettes can be more dangerous.