Can a diagnosis of bladder cancer motivate positive lifestyle changes—and prevent recurrent disease?

According to the American Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC), tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Cigarette smoking kills more than 480,000 Americans each year, with more than 41,000 of these deaths from exposure to secondhand smoke. In addition, smoking-related illness in the United States costs more than $300 billion a year, including nearly $170 billion in direct medical care for adults, and $156 billion in lost productivity (1).