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Carbon Monoxide is generally created when combustibles burn. It is not known to cause cancer, although carbon monoxide poisoning can have many symptoms and can cause loss of consciousness and death.

See this article at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

http://www.cdc.gov/co/faqs.htm

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