[Jacob's Beloved]

can you get lung cancer from smoking cigarettes for a short period for a short period of time? like a year?

[Lawl Wut]

you can get lung cancer from never smoking a single cigarette!
but you can also get other diseases from smoking.

[aussie mom]

Yes, not only that but from the second hand smoke as well. In other words you don't have to smoke at all to get lung cancer.

[wayne]

probably, anyways you will probably get addicted.

[mustlovedogs]

Dana Reeve (Christopher Reeve's (aka Superman) wife)died of lung cancer and had never smoked.

Smoking increases your chances of lung cancer, heart disease, and other issues....but not smoking is no guarantee you won't be afflicted with those things.

[hagi5495]

Of course!
Anyone can get lung cancer and smoking GREATLY INCREASES your chances!
I've heard that after 5 of 10 years (can't remember exactly) your lung "health" is back to that of someone who never smoked.
Smoking is not as "glamorous" as it used to be!
I hope you've already quit, if not, good luck quitting.
I've been smoke free for 12 years and 2 months and 17 days.

[Big Baldheaded Baby]

The increased rate of lung cancer in smokers is related to total dose of cigarettes....or, the more you smoke the higher the risk. However, after smoking for a year, your risk of lung cancer never returns to a "never smoker". The important thing is that you quit so you avoid accumulating the higher risks from many years smoking.

[T K Ditto]

Smoking is a pr oven risk factor of lung cancer. Although it is pr oven that the longer and more you smoke the bigger the risk, this does not meant only smoking a small amount is safe. People develop lung cancer ever day who have never smoked a cigarette in their live so of course smoking for a year can lead to you developing lung cancer. In saying that the peak age for lung cancer both small cell and non small cell is around 50 Years old and i am guessing you are a lot younger. The best thing to do is to quit smoking altogether, within 5 years your lungs LL return to that of a non smoker and your risk of disease's attributed with it, heart disease, cancers, etc, will be the same as if you never smoked. Rememeber although lung cancer is an obvious one there are a lot of cancers that can be caused by smoking that are just as bad; esophagus, larynx, bowel, pharynx,lynxomach. I get that smoking is enjoyable as i used to do it myself, but is it so fantastic that your willing to play russian roulette with your life. 1 in 2 people who smoke will die from a disease caused by it, that is a heavy statistic.