I know it has proven to increase risks, but do they know if it causes lung cancer? I will vote for best answer if you need more points and have an intellegent answer. =] Just let me know. Thanks and happy holidays!
Cancer - 7 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
It's not 100% positive you'll catch cancer from smoking but it increases your risk at an alarming rate. Tobacco is a carcinogen. And it not only gives you Lung Cancer but also Esophageal cancer, Bladder Cancer, etc.....
2 :
Technically, the only way they could PROVE a causal relationship is by experimenting: that is by having two test groups with randomly chosen participants. One group would be assigned to smoke cigarettes and the other group would have to smoke placebo cigarettes with no carcinogens with neither group knowing if they were smoking for real or not. However, this would be extremely unethical, so it can't be done. But still, there exists such a high correlation between smoking and lung cancer that the causal relationship is assumed by.. well, everyone. Something like 95% of lung cancers occur in smokers or former smokers.
3 :
well, no, not 100% proof. i think it's about the same percentage of proof that stupidity causes dumb questions.
4 :
maybe! But i really think smoking CAN giv u lung cancer! So make sure you don't get into smoking! happy holidays to you too!
5 :
It is not the cigarette but rather the ingredients in the cigarettes such as nitrosamines and benzpyrene. If the ingredients in cigarettes are known cancer causing agents then it is safe to conclude that smoking them can induce cancer.
6 :
I dont think there is any REAL evidence to support the fact that smoking "causes" lung cancer. There are many people who smoke their entire lives and never get lung cancer. And then there are those who never smoked and get it. What we know for sure is that people who do smoke have a higher incidence of all kinds of cancer than those who dont. Everyone has potential cancer cells. I dont know if anyone knows, with certainty, what activates these cells to proliferate into cancer. Since smoking messes with the immune system, the respiratory system along with other systems of the body, it seems to follow that smokers predispose themselves or encourage these cells to grow. The body is not at top function so unable to keep these cells in check. Finally, we know that smoking causes long term lung problems, circulatory problems among others. Unfortunately, the symptoms do not usually show up until the long term damage to the body is done...25, 30 or more years after one starts smoking. It makes sense, then, to never start smoking or to quit while very young.
7 :
Smoking does increase the risk and is a CAUSE of lung cancer. However there is a wide variety of other causes besides lung cancer. Cigareete and tobaco companies are FORCED to put a warning on the box that using the products INCREASES their risk for developing lung cancer. They would not do this if it wan't PROVEN. The majority of lung cancer patients have been affected by tobacco use and test have PROVEN that it was the cause for those people. BUt even if someone smokes their whole life they may luck out and never get lung cancer, or they may have other problomes because of smoknig. Basically Increased the risk is they same thing as causing it because that would be why ther person gets it. Again however non smokers are at risk beacuse there are non tobacco related casues of lung cancer also.
Read more discussions :
- Can you smoke medical marijuana if you have lung c...
- my mum is in icu has lung cancer and cancer of the...
- Can too much exposure of dust result in Lung Cance...
- Medical studies supporting argument that smoking c...
- I have small cell lung cancer and looking for help...
- What steps are necessary to diagnose lung cancer
- Why is painful lung action a common symptom of lun...
- Why does it matter where you get lung cancer
