some strange reason and i suspect this has to do with it, stomach, liver, pancreas, kidney, bladder, cervix, and even acute myeloid leukemia. there is so much we don't know about cancer: how it is caused, how it progresses and how to treat it but we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that many types are part at least in part by tobacco use. so i firmly believe that the passage of this bill will lead to a reduction in cancer, and most importantly, to cancer deaths. and it will give the f.d.a. the ability to make the cigarettes currently available less toxic and less cars know gentlemen nick and less add -- less carcinogenic and less addicting. for example, a study by david burns and christie anderson, both of the university of california, san diego school of medicine, suggest that cigarettes smoked today may double the risk of lung cancer compared to cigarettes smoked by americans 40 years ago. now that's amazing. remember all the unfiltered cigarettes of yesteryear? so you would think those cigarettes would be stronger, right? no, they're saying. they attribute this to a change in the chemical