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Similar to the trend in adults, tobacco use among US youth such as middle and high school students is also declining, with 6.6 percent of middle and 12.6 percent of high school students reporting current use of a tobacco product in 2023 (185)
As well, pre-diagnostic blood samples from ever-smokers who subsequently developed lung cancer were found, in a recent study, to have elevated levels of 4 proteins, cancer antigen 125 (CA125), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cytokeratin-19 fragment (CYFRA 21-1) and the precursor form of surfactant protein B (Pro-SFTPB), suggesting this panel of biomarkers might be highly useful for smoking-induced lung cancer risk assessment 19
Rather, it seems to erode some relatively healthier section in the middle of life, she said