Are the chances higher if you have asma? P.S. I dont smoke, i'm just really curious.
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1 :
sadly yes the chances are a higher if you have asma but the best way to develop it is smoking
2 :
well smoking is the number one way to get lung cancer . (:
3 :
really high! almost everyone does!! when u got asthma its WAYYYYYYYYYYY higher!!
4 :
I just looked up this information for a presentation to the classes I teach. Male smokers - lifetime risk of lung cancer is 1 in 6 Female smokers – the risk is 1 in 9 Either sex Non-smokers – only 1 in 77 chance of lung cancer Cigarette smoke contains over 60 known carcinogens. The risk increases with amount of exposure – number of cigarettes per day and years of smoking [“pack yearsâ€] There is NO reason that asthma should make someone more likely to develop lung cancer - - at least I've seen no such data in the 20 years that I was a cancer specialist MD. Men who smoke are about 23 times more likely to develop cancer than non-smokers. Women who smoke - - 13 times more likely. Smoking causes about 90% of lung cancer deaths in men and almost 80% in women. In 2003, an estimated 171,900 new cases of lung cancer occurred and approximately 157,200 people died from lung cancer. Smoking causes cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, and bladder – as well as causing Lung Cancer
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It increases the chance by about 10-20 times of normal people. Asthma does not increase the risk
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