Smoking linked to decrease in uterine cancer risk: Study

Cigarette smoking appears to be associated with a decreased risk of cancer of the endometrium, the inner lining of the uterus, research from China suggests.

"The benefit of smoking was observed almost exclusively in postmenopausal women and not in premenopausal women," principal investigator Dr Bin Wang of Nanjing Medical University said.

However, in spite of this link, "cigarette smoking could dramatically increase the incidence of many other chronic diseases," Wang pointed out.