Tuesday, February 8, 2011

can u get lung cancer from smoking cigs a couple times a year

can u get lung cancer from smoking cigs a couple times a year?
i want to really know if you can get lung cancer from smoking a few cigs like every yea or half year? bc i do smoke like a couple times every half or very year and i wanna no the chances of me getting lung cancer
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1 :
yes
2 :
your chances are slim the cancer comes to people that smoke packs a day for their whole life you should be fine but dont do it anyway
3 :
highly unlikely. But I'll warn you that a few cigarettes once in a while can turn into an addiction really fast if you aren't careful.
4 :
You have as much chance as getting it from living near a busy highway as smoking cigs that much. There is no such thing as NO chance sorry dude - anyone can get it, although people in cities and smokers are much more at risk due to lead and other chemicals they breath in.
5 :
PROBABLY NOT BUT.......IT AINT DOIN YOU ONE BIT OF GOOD NEITHER UND EVERYTIME YOU SMOKE...YOU ARE TAKING A CHANCE OF REIGNITING A PREVIOUS HABIT...IF ONE EVER EXISTED///OR YOU HAVE OR HAVE HAD ANY PREDISPOSITION FOR ONE
6 :
No, first of all, smoking is just a risk factor for getting lung cancer, it doesn't cause it. There is a difference. You are far more likely to have a risk factor of smoking just by spending one night in a smoky bar, as opposed to a few cigarettes a year. But if you're really worried about lung cancer, is smoking those few cigarettes really worth blaming yourself when you get lung cancer? If you're anything like me, you would try to find a reason why you got lung cancer, and I would probably think back to those few cigs and think it had something to do with it. I wouldn't do it for that reason.
7 :
It's unlikely, but possible. Some people can smoke their whole lives and not get cancer, and some people can smoke once (or not at all for that matter) and get cancer. Generally the longer and more often you smoke, the greater the chance of you getting lung cancer, etc. But there is no guarantee you will not get it. My advice; Don't smoke cigarettes. It's a stupid habit, waste of money, and theres plenty of more fun things to do in life. The fact that only do it a few times a year is good, because you wouldn't have any trouble if you wanted to quit. If you want to stop, but need something else to do; try weed. There are really not many drawbacks about smoking weed. Plus you get high instead of cancer, so you should think of it as an upgrade. Hope I helped.
8 :
Gee, every one that I have known that died of lung cancer, never smoked, never was around smokers. So I guess the answer is yes, but more likely not. Cancer is just radical cell growth, it happens. Somethings make it more likely. As well no one dies of cancer, but complications from it.

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