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FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking and oral sex may be a deadly combo that raises a man's risk for head and neck cancer, a new study suggests.

The key factor is transmission of oral strains of the cancer-linked human papillomavirus (HPV), which can be passed through oral sex.

In fact, men who smoke and have five or more partners with whom they've had oral sex -- in this study, that typically meant cunnilingus -- have the highest risk of developing a type of head and neck cancer known as oropharyngeal cancer.

Dr. Otis Brawley is chief medical officer at the American Cancer Society. Reviewing the new study, he noted that "the incidence of oral HPV infection seems to be rising among white men in their 50s and 60s," perhaps due to increasing acceptance of oral sex.

Still, for most people, the risk of contracting an HPV-linked head-and-neck cancer remains very low, said lead researcher Amber D'Souza. She is an associate professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.

D'Souza added that the risk is far lower among women and nonsmokers, and people who have few oral sex partners.

The new findings "should reassure people that cancer-causing oral HPV prevalence is low among most groups," D'Souza said.

But certain groups do have higher risk. One recent study found that 11 million American men are infected with oral HPV. That means one in nine U.S. males aged 18 to 69 is infected.

Brawley said that the increase is partly a result of the sexual revolution in the 1960s and 1970s. "The increase in oral sex led to the increased number of people with [oral] HPV," he said.

For the new study, D'Souza's team reviewed data on more than 13,000 people, aged 20 to 69, who took part in a major federal government survey and had been tested for oral HPV infection.

Read more: https://consumer.healthday.com/sexual-health-information-32/human-papillomavirus-hpv-news-756/oral-sex-plus-smoking-a-cancer-danger-for-men-727697.html

 

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derpmonster
7 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

in this study, that typically meant cunnilingus

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ryanripley

cunnilingus? we’re safe! :tony: 

jk, smoking is bad, DON’T do it

https://goo.gl/xMgMvJ
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I like smoking weed and I like oral sex. 

#SorryNotSorry

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Erotica

One more thing to add on my list of reasons to not date a smoker

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another
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The Child
10 minutes ago, Bellatrix said:

One more thing to add on my list of reasons to not date a smoker

Imagine dating a smoker who also happens to drink coffee and then kissing him/her. :toofunny:

‘If religion be the cause of disunity, then irreligion is surely to be preferred.’ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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Panchecco

I don't know why but from the title I thought they meant smoking while doing oral sex 

Spoiler

and I've seen a few **** videos like that and they were actually pretty hot :lana:

 

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ryanripley
5 minutes ago, CrazyMonster said:

Imagine dating a smoker who also happens to drink coffee and then kissing him/her. :toofunny:

i gagged omg

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Erotica
4 minutes ago, CrazyMonster said:

Imagine dating a smoker who also happens to drink coffee and then kissing him/her. :toofunny:

I love coffee myself so I don't mind kissing someone who drinks it as well, but they better keep it clean from smoke :green: 

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another
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The Child

Thank goodness I don't smoke cause I love eating ***.

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Saint Laurent

So essentially, contracting HPV is what can lead to cancer, not oral sex. What a load of absolute nonsense. 

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The Child
9 minutes ago, ryanripley said:

i gagged omg

I know what I'm talking about, I literally spent last year avoiding a girl in my high school on mornings cause her breath smelled so bad because of smoking and coffee. :air:

7 minutes ago, Bellatrix said:

I love coffee myself so I don't mind kissing someone who drinks it as well, but they better keep it clean from smoke :green: 

Honestly for me it's either you smoke or you drink coffee, you can't do both. :selena:

‘If religion be the cause of disunity, then irreligion is surely to be preferred.’ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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