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>According to https://gis.cdc.gov/Cancer/USCS/#/Trends/ the rate is still going down. Literally the first place I looked and their graph goes to 2018.

2006, 1.5 million new cancer cases.

2017, 1.7 million new cancer cases.

The data certainly exists. I wasn't inferring that it doesn't exist.

Obviously this is all cancers and us centric. Obviously there's some hiding of facts here as well. Not apples to apples comparison to the subject at hand.

Please also don't take me as arguing for the return of tobacco or encouraging tobacco use at all.

The point I am making... we now know what causes cancer and it's beyond controversial. To the point that public health would rather people have cancer. Let that sink in.




Yea, because the US population is aging rapidly past 60, when most cancers start to form.

Your premise could easily be explained by "the percentage of the American population over 60 has increased steadily."

See: https://www.statista.com/statistics/457822/share-of-old-age-...

So yea, more total cancers diagnosed, cause old people get cancer.




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