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What percentage of long term smokers get lung cancer


What percentage of long term smokers get lung cancer?

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1 :
all of them
2 :
I would guess that at least 45% I quit, but great odds, are not in the smoker's favor. I've seen people smoke until they die in their 80's and 90's. On the other hand I've seen them die from cancer as early as 45
3 :
Ten percent get lung cancer. A much higher percentage get emphysema. This is an irreversible disease. This results in slow suffocation lasting many years, becoming increasingly oxygen dependent and ending in heart failure.



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