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Default do smokers get lung cancer? - 08-29-2009, 02:53 AM

do smokers get lung cancer?
   
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Default 08-30-2009, 02:53 AM

Higher risk of getting but not necessarily.
   
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yes among other things
   
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Default 09-06-2009, 02:53 AM

I'm a nurse. Yes among lots of other illnesses.
   
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Default 09-08-2009, 02:53 AM

uh duh!! and emphysema... which you could die from!!
even with Pol that smoke weed and not cigarettes.. either way
   
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Default 09-11-2009, 02:53 AM

you don't have to be a smoker to get Cancer of the Lung. CAL is often a secondary cancer in cancer sufferers who have never smoked. But you will increase your odds by smoking.
   
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Default 09-15-2009, 02:53 AM

My mother did and it wasn't pretty.
Also, a smoker is at higher risk for other cancers such as breast, urinary, and oral. Plus, of course, the respiratory problems and premature aging due to cell destruction. Remember, the contents of a cigarette goes into your bloodstream and travels everywhere the blood goes.
   
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Default 09-17-2009, 02:53 AM

Yes, and non-smokers can get lung cancer too. 80% of people with lung cancer are smokers or former smokers. And, once you have lung cancer smoking can make you less likely to respond to treatment.
   
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Default 09-19-2009, 02:53 AM

Yes.
   
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Default 09-21-2009, 02:53 AM

Are you joking! Of course they do! Not only can they get lung cancer but they are destroying their heart.
   
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