Saturday, February 12, 2011

If I smoked only 13 years only 7 heavy what are my chances of getting lung cancer

If I smoked only 13 years only 7 heavy what are my chances of getting lung cancer?
I smoked a pack to pack and a half for seven years and less than half a pack for 6. I've heard anywhere from 1 to 15 percent on several web sites and talked to several doctors. I also heard everywhere from it taking 15 to 30 years for the lungs to get almost back to normal but never quite. I should also say I quit two weeks ago...
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1 :
50% !since your an active smoker it is 50-50! Infact passive smokers (who inhales your exhaled smoke) are more affected to have lung cancer, they have 70-80% .mail me for more
2 :
Good my grandpa smoked for 15 years and was stopped for over 50 years & he developed lung cancer. They told him he had 3 years he lived 3 months
3 :
im sorry but this question cant be answered! true, smokin is one of the worst things u can do to ur body, but the actual sentence should be: just because u smoke, it doesnt mean u WILL definetly get lung cancer. the actual sentence should be that smokin increases ur chances of gettin lung cancer. however, just like someone above said, it might be 3 days, 3 months, or 3 years! u never know! it depends on each person and the way they treat themselves. i suggest quit smokin and just get rid of all that crap in ur organism
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if anyone in your Direct family has it you have an increased chance of getting it.(if it runs in the family i mean) but some people smoke a pack a day for 70 years and never get it. so there is no conclusive answer.
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I am a CCMA Your chances are VERY GOOD for LUNG conditions like COPD and your risk is up for lung cancer ANYTIME you smoke even ONCE My grandfather smoked for 30 years and was a NON SMOKER for 50 + years after. He ended up with COPD when he turned 82 and died within 4 months of being diagnosed
6 :
You can get lung cancer without ever smoking a cigarette in your life.
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Do a search for "smoking risk calculator" and plug in your numbers -- probably an average of the amount you've smoked. The figures will be nominal, rather than exact. In any case, your risk is not very high. It takes about 10 pack years for your cancer risk to start going up substantially, and you're just about there.
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The most common killer from smoking is NOT cancer. It's heart disease. When you stop smoking, your risk of developing heart disease plummets. So although you're still at a higher risk for cancer (due to the radioactive pesticides sprayed on tobacco in the USA, god only knows why they do that), your risk for heart disease returns to normal very quickly. So stay off the cigarettes.

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