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When you start smoking, how long will it take for you to develop lung cancer?


Is it possible to smoke and never develop lung cancer? I don't smoke but my daughter and son-in-law do .They are so young, I wish they would quit.Just curious about how long it takes to develop lung cancer once you start smoking...Lana

Lana,
Everyone is different in response to their development of disease. Some people who've never smoked but who have been around smokers (ie: second hand smoke) have developed cancer.
Some people who've smoked for years never develop lung cancer.
But you have a 100 x greater chance of developing it if you DO smoke. Not to mention you'll get sicker more often...with respiratory illnesses like bronchitis and/or pneumonia. Smoking paralyzes the cilia in your lungs, not allowing them to work to remove airborne junk that would normally be coughed or sneezed out.

Just don't EVER let them smoke in your home, around you, OR AROUND THEIR CHILDREN if they have any. Tell them how much you wish they'd stop. Hopefully they'll listen. Good luck.
you get it the day you started
There's no set time. You can never smoke AND then get lung cancer ie Dana Reeves. It's also possible to smoke and never get cancer of the lung, however you could get cancer of the throat instead.
I don't think anyone knows how long it will take a smoker to develop lung cancer.. I think that there are other health risks that will adversely impact a smoker's health before the cancer and that would be emphysema
It depends on the age they started and the packs of cigarettes they consume. But they sure are a candidate if they don't quit. And if they live with you, you could get lung cancer too,. because sometimes the one who smell it are most likely to get it than the ones using it.
Everyone has the cancer cells, it just takes a kick to start them up, smoke, and you will increase your chances of the kick-start 5 fold.I am sure your daughter and son in law are old enought to know the dangers,but as we all tend to think, "it will never happen to me"
It's not just lung cancer, try furring of the veins for a hart attack, shortness of breath, cancer of the throat,stained teeth, bad stinking breath, the list is endless.
I think that it can be possible depending on how long the person would live, but even it doesn't generates lung cancer it affects the lung which losses it normal functioning.
But depending on the person it can happen very quickly or it can take years.
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