How possible is it to get Lung cancer from smoking heavily for 1 year at age 18-19?
Lung Cancer, Smoking, Tobacco, Cigarettes
Cancer - 15 Answers
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1 :
Not everyone will but it is very possible.
2 :
It is very possible
3 :
it depends what is meant by heavily ..but i doubt it..it is also important to note that there is still only a correlation between smoking and lung cancer..we cannot say for sure that it is a causation
4 :
It's improbable. Chances are, as a smoker, you've been exposed for much longer than you yourself has been smoking. If people around you have smoked for many years, you may be more susceptible thanks to second hand smoke. Don't take any chances, though. Be sure to get checked out.
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possible but my grandfather has een smoking 2-3 packs a day for 64 years and hacks up black stuff but no lung cancer id suggest you stop he coughs all the time and walking is very tiring to him
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Not normally to be expected unless your diet has been most unusually bad.A good diet contains a fair amount of raw fruits and vegetables. A very bad diet contains almost totally cooked refined over sugared, salted greased food and scarcely any nutrition.
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let me put it this way... my dad smoked for a few months (not very heavily), but after i was born he decided to stop. he went to the doctor about 10 years after he stoped and he was checking his lungs and he goes "you used to smoke, right?" it was 10 years after he smoke for a few months and the doctor could still tell he smoked... how likely? VERY likely, your best bet, stop smoking NOW before its too late. my grandfather is very sick from his lungs for smoking and he has to be with oxigen contantly or he cant breath.... seriously, the best thing you can do is to stop right now.
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It is very possible, If you think you might have , then get checked out immediately. Cancer is not a respecter of people, it can happen to anyone. If someone is coughing up "black stuff" something is wrong that is not normal!! Smoking can cause other cancers than lung. Also other things besides smoking can cause lung cancer. GET INFORMED
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Cancer is a result of DNA signatures that you cannot control, that are being amplified by external influences like cig' smoke, asbestos, and evolution. You obviously can't control evolution, but you can clearly control your contact with asbestos and cig' smoke. Outside-infuences, even down to deodorant, can affect the encouragement of problems-due-to-DNA-processing-inadequacies. No person is immune, no matter how careful you are. But, PLENTY of folks are magnifying the probability through smoking and other actions. Just stop now. We all know it causes it, and has caused more deaths than all of the wars combined, each year! Cancer can creep up in other parts of the body for other reasons too. No need to roll the dice and toss tobacco-use into the chances.
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Not likely at all. I wouldn't worry about it.
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not everybody's bodies react the same to chemicals that why some can take a certain drug with no effects and others cant also its a genetic thing if your family has a history of cancer it is very possible ps i have cared for many people with lung cancer its a horrible painful way to die
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With out getting to involved in the politics of smoking let me put your answer in a way that you'll get to answer your own question. Based on the way you worded your question, I'm assuming the question your asking, simply put, is what are the odds of your getting cancer after only have smoked for a year. OK, here goes. What do you think the odds of the airoplane your a passenger in, flying from your local airport to anywhere in Europe, of crashing would be? Well, what'a ya think? Low,eh. What's that? Wad ya say? "Very low". I agree. In fact, in my opinion? Even lower than that. Don't worry about it. Under the circumstance, I'd even go so far as to say, the stress of worring about it would kill you quicker.
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likely, especially since your so young, your body is still developing and you are already destroying it by smoking, not only you're at risk for lung cancer, you're also at risk for emphysema, throat cancer, mouth cancer, heart attack, etc. Maybe not now, but a few years from now.......yes, some people do smoke and live long, but it's just a small percentage of very lucky people. Do you want to gamble with your health and even life and see if you are one of them?
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theres always that possibility...everyone is different on wether or not they will find out they have some type of cancer.....
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Unlikely, but 10% or so of patients who get lung cancer never smoked at all.
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