Tuesday, April 8, 2008

What percentage of smokers get lung cancer

What percentage of smokers get lung cancer?
We always hear 90% of lung cancer is caused by smoking, but not how many smokers get lung cancer.
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About 100 percent
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That's something I would like to know. If 90% of lung cancer was caused by smoking then it would stand to reason than the majority of smokers would get lung cancer and that simply is untrue. Most smokers do not get lung cancer.
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Smokers do get lung cancer on one condition... If they suck the cigarrete's smoke inside... If they throw the smokewithout inhaling inside their lungs, they can be safe from lung cancer....
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My Aunt never smoked nor was she ever around smokers & died of lung cancer, also Dana Reeves, the wife of Christopher Reeves, best known for his role in superman also never smoked & she died from lung cancer at the young age of I believe 38? Not to mention many other millions of non smokers who have died from this horrible disease, but the percentage of people who do smoke & die from cancer still outweigh the nonsmokers who die from lung cancer. Also percentage wise, I think its more along the lines of 70% not 90%.
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99.987694% exact
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I don't know the percentage of smokers to lung cancer, but 1 out of 2 smokers will die from a smoking related illness.
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We can't be sure how many smokers don't get cancer or other smoking related disease as they are usualy only identified as smokers once ill. If you look up how many people get lung cancer, you will find it causes more deaths than any other cancer. In 2004, in the USA, 108,355 men and 87,897 women were diagnosed with lung cancer, 89,575 men and 68,431 women died from lung cancer. As a smoker, you have a 10% higher risk of dying from lung cancer as a non smoker. If no-one smoked, 176,600 people would not have got lung cancer that year. 142,200 people would not have died. If you care about your health and smoke, you are a fool! Get help to quit smoking NOW!
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My best guess would be 1 in 10 smokers get lung cancer, at most. However, that does not address heart disease, emphysema or other smoke related illnesses.
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Some of the answers here are amazingly stupid. Approximately 8% of white male smokers in the United States will get lung cancer. White male non-smokers have a 1% chance of getting lung cancer.

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Friday, April 4, 2008

How long does it take to get lung cancer

How long does it take to get lung cancer?
K so before I was born my mom smoked for about 40 years. Would that make my lungs weaker and make me more of a risk to get lung cancer?
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The smoke that went into her lungs would not affect your lungs while you were still developing within her. Cigarettes do deprive the blood of oxygen and there are innumerable things that can result of that in a growing fetus. Second-hand smoke, though, (after you were born) can contribute to an increase of a chance in lung cancer, asthma, allergic reaction, etc. Also, secondhand smoke has been classified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a known cause of cancer in humans (Group A carcinogen). And you may not believe it, but secondhand smoke causes almost 50,000 deaths in adult nonsmokers in the United States each year. I doubt that would make your lungs weaker, but as for being at an increased risk for cancer I would say definitely more than a child who was never around those who smoked.
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No. How could her smoking affect your lungs before you existed?
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No but your mother must have been about 55 when you were born if she smoked for 40 year before you were born? It is not prov en that smoking causes lung cancer, alcohol causes cirrhosis of the liver which kills, sunshine can cause skin cancer, eating red meat or fried foods can cause hardening of the arteries leading to a heart attack, lack of exercise can cause high blood pressure, strokes and heart attacks. My grandfather died of lung cancer and never smoked, my father died of stomach cancer and smoked for 65 years, I am a heavy smoker and have smoked for 30odd years and after blood tests i am fit and healthy although I have an under active thyroid glad, not caused by anything. We are all born with cancer cells in our body and occasionally they get activated and cause cancer, it can happen to anyone. Does your family drive a car? the exhaust fumes are worse for us than smoking.
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No. And there's no way to tell, since that depends on how much you smoke, and chance. But typically people start getting lung cancer from smoking after the age of 50. Most smokers don't get it at all.
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You aren't at greater risk as long as you don't smoke. And, take figures of how many people die from smoking or second hand smoke for what they are - unsubstantiated rhetoric usually stridently voiced by anti-smokers. Smoking is NOT healthy and DOES contribute to worsening many diseases and I wish I had never seen a cigarette.

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

How long does it take to get lung cancer from smoking cigarettes

How long does it take to get lung cancer from smoking cigarettes?
I'm 16 and have been smoking cigarettes for over a year. I have smoked half a pack at the most in one day. My dad died of cancer but it wasnt from heredity. I'm paranoid im going to get lung cancer.HELP
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17 years, 4 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 12 hours, 11 minutes, 42 seconds
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Depends on your body and several different other factors but smoking will certainly contribute to your downfall. Why would a 16 year old even want to smoke especially after watching her dad die of cancer? My dad died from lung cancer, yes, he was a smoker. He died 10 days before his 54th birthday. He missed all of his grandchildren, he missed college graduations, Christmas, Thanksgiving and all those fun family times. You are young and you have a full and wonderful life ahead of you. Start making some smart choices, eat healthy, do fun and healthy things, learn something new and find the adventure in life every day. If you are so paranoid about lung cancer, you might also consider that smoking contributes to heart disease as well. But yes, there is a way to prevent all that and that would be QUIT now. Set yourself up for success.
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Quit. Your breath stinks like an ashtray, your teeth are turning yellow, cigarettes are expensive, you are destroying your lungs getting shortness of breath and developing cancer, and you do not look cool smoking.
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if your father passed away due to any type of cancer, you are at a natural greater risk of developing cancer. smoking is just adding to the probability that you will get cancer. lung cancer, throat cancer, you name it.
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no set time, may be you wont get but if i were you i would quite now that short of time wont give it to you
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it varies, some people can smoke multiple packs a day for decades and be cancer free, some could be dead in less that a decade, genetics and hereditary play a major role, the best advice i can give you is to quit now while your still young and healthy, i quit some time ago and i found that always having gum with you helps a lot, if you have money you could invest in those nicotine ween off products, does your mom know you smoke, if she does you should tell her you're scared of getting cancer, i'm sure she'll be more that happy to help you Quitting is hard for many people, but if your this worried than you have the determination to do it
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My grandparents are 87 and 83 and have been smoking for over 60 years, with no signs of quitting. They are probably healthier than most non smokers in their 50's. No cancer for them.
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So stop smoking. You might get it and might not, but why push your luck? Read out more about cancer here: http://the-cancer-disease.com/
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