Fruits, Vegetables, Teas May Cut Smokers' Cancer Risk

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He said larger studies to confirm these findings are need as well as studies to see whether flavonoids help protect against other smoking-related cancers, such as bladder, head and neck and kidney cancers.

A follow-up study into which fruits and vegetables have the most flavonoids found to be effective in first study and what an optimal number of servings per day might be to provide the best protection against lung cancer is being planned by the UCLA team.

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The Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University has more about flavonoids.

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