Smokers who take vitamin E have a higher lung cancer risk that don't. A new study suggests that Vitamin E may increase lung cancer risk.

Lung Cancer

By Kristin Turner
Mar 1, 2008 02:42 AM GMT
Smokers who take vitamin E have a higher lung cancer risk that don't.

Smokers who take vitamin E have a higher lung cancer risk that don't.

According to a new study compiled by Christopher Slatore, University of Washington, vitamin supplements do not prevent lung cancer from developing. The comprehensive report also suggests that vitamin E supplements may actually raise the potential risk.

"Our study of supplemental multivitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E and folic acid did not show any evidence for a decreased risk of lung cancer," Dr. Slatore wrote.

From the study of more than 77 thousand people, both men and woman, between the ages of 50 and 76, smokers who take vitamin E have a higher lung cancer risk. The detailed study took four years and observed their daily average intake of vitamin C, folic acid and vitamin E.

In the group, 521 people developed lung cancer. In addition to the patient’s associations with smoking, family history and age factors, there was a small, albeit significant association between their use of vitamin E and the cancer.

"This risk translates into a 28 percent increased risk of lung cancer at a dose of 400 mg/day for 10 years," Dr. Slatore wrote.


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Lung cancer may be linked to vitamin E intake.