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This is always a good question. About half of long term smokers die from this addiction - either from cancers of the lung, mouth, throat, esophagus, stomach, bladder, etc. - or from heart disease, chronic lung disease, peripheral vascular disease, et al. Everyone knows someone who has lived to be 90 and smoked for decades. Some people get away with it - but many do not. More people die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. In 2004 - lung cancer killed more people than breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer combined. Lung cancer accounts for 31% of all deaths from cancer, and 90% of these could have been prevented if people had not smoked cigarettes. In 2004, 108,355 men and 87,897 women were diagnosed with lung cancer - - - 89,575 men and 68,431 women died from lung cancer †Bottom line – Most cannot be cured Estimates for 2008 215,020 new cases of lung cancer 114,690 men and 100,330 women in the U.S. 60% of people diagnosed with either type of lung cancer (non-small cell or small cell) are dead in 1 year. 73% are dead by 2 years. 1 in 7 people diagnosed with lung cancer survive 5 years – most of those who are cured are cured with initial surgery - - not with chemotherapy. Male smokers - lifetime risk of lung cancer is 1 in 6 Female smokers – the risk of lung cancer is 1 in 9 Risk of lung cancer in non-smokers is 1 in 77 Can J Public Health. 1994 Nov-Dec;85(6):385-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7895211
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