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Smoking / Cancer
My parents have been smoking since they were teenagers. I'm just curious if everyone who smokes has a really high risk of getting lung cancer? It's not common in my family and I'm worried that my parents will get it.
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Anyone who smokes has a high risk of getting lung cancer, but that doesnt really mean that they will get it. If you are worried about their health, just make sure that they know how you feel about the situation.
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Absolutely. My parent's smoke as well. Anyone who smokes has a very high risk of lung cancer. Try asking them to switch to gum. It just might save their lives. And as for YOU - stay away from them when they smoke. Second-hand smoke can kill. :]
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Every ciggarette takes 11 minutes off of your life. And I'm not saying that because I think smokers are nasty. It's a true fact, and I am a smoker.
Here are some websites for you than can give you true accurate information on lung cancer being linked to ciggarettes.
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sorry they're smokers. depending on how old they are, i would say, they have a high risk of getting it. lung cancer cant run in a family, because if you smoke, you get lung cancer. if you hang around smokers,you can get lung cancer. if you stay away from tobbacco, you dont get it. you should really talk to them to help them quit. their risk will still be high but it wont be as bad
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Most people who smoke are in danger of heart attacks, heart diesease, lung cancer and more. I hope that helped you.
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Check out that website for facts about smoking and the dangers of smoking. It even has help on how to quit. Your parents are at a high risk for lung cancer among other diseases from smoking. This link goes directly to the part about diseases caused by cigarettes to answer your question, but browse the whole site for tons of information about cigarettes and their affects.
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There's no real set risk for anyone, but unfourtunately , it would seem that they have a fairly high risk now.
All those years, obviously damaging their lungs, make them more and more at risk.
Talk to them about quitting, though I kow it's very hard (my parents don't want to).
Tell them you're very worried, and find some good groups to help them.
Also, maybe get them to try patches or something for a week.
Something that may work, would be if you got them to go a week without smoking, using a patch or something, and they can see how they're doing without cigerettes.
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No not all people that smoke get lung cancer but yes everyone that smokes does have that high risk of getting it. Umm it not being common in your family makes it a bit of a lower chance that they will get it but that doesn't mean they won't. But don't worry not everyone gets it. Also it matters how often and what kind of cigaretts they smoke.
Good luck,
Hope I helped
(If you would like more of my advice e-mail me at skipedabeat@yahoo.com)
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theres a good chance that your parents may get lung cancer. But since your parents have been smoking since they were teenagers it would probly be really hard for them to quit.
I got this from the website that im going to give you.
---One other risk factor that researchers are looking at is a genetic predisposition to lung cancer. While we know that a family history of lung cancer is a factor in who gets lung cancer and who does not, “We have not identified the gene yet,” Dr. Martins says. “But obviously, some people smoke all their lives and don’t get lung cancer.”---
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hope i helped
kim:)
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I copied this from Wikipedia
Smoking, particularly of cigarettes, is by far the main contributor to lung cancer, which at least in theory makes it one of the easiest diseases to prevent. In the United States, smoking is estimated to account for 87% of lung cancer cases (90% in men and 79% in women), and in the UK for 90%. Cigarette smoke contains 19 known carcinogens[2] including radioisotopes from the radon decay sequence, nitrosamine, and benzopyrene. Additionally, nicotine appears to depress the immune response to malignant growths in exposed tissue. The length of time a person continues to smoke as well as the amount smoked increases the person's chances of contracting lung cancer. If a person stops smoking, these chances steadily decrease as damage to the lungs is repaired and contaminant particles are gradually vacated. More recent work has shown that, across the developed world, almost 90% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking[3].
If you are really worried about your parents contracting lung cancer...research the severity of damage it can do to a person..so you can try to explain to them why you are so worried. Also, try to search ways to help them quit.
Good Luck,
Teacup
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