Question 1

if i smoke will i get lung cancer?

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Not necessarily.: Smoking and lung cancer is not a sure think, it is a risk.  A better statement would be, if one smokes, the risk of getting lung cancer increases.

Question 2

could i get lung cancer when i'm 25?

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Unlikely: Any thing is possible, but is extremely unlikely for a 25 year old to get lung cancer. There is discrepancy in your stated age of 25 and the age in your profile- 39 years.

Question 3

why don't all smokers get lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

Multiple factors: Nonsmokers as well as smokers can develop lung cancer, a disorder that involves genetic and other factors. Smoking is a major contributing cause but other mechanisms come into play such a genetic predisposition.

Question 4

how come some smokers don't get lung cancer?

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Not fully know: Not fully know, possibly genetics. Importantly, smoking is the primary risk factor for causing 90% of lung cancer. Though it is clear that some people who smoke their whole lives never develop lung cancer, quitting smoking remains the most important aspect of lung cancer prevention and should be strongly encouraged.

Question 5

if i smoked, should i get tested for lung cancer?

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Yes.: If you smoked, you should definitely get follow-up to be sure you don't have lung cancer.  This is really important if you still smoke now.  If you quit, your risk of lung cancer goes down with time, to the point of being similar to non-smoker risk.  But you should get follow up with imaging studies of the lung, and other lung tests.

Question 6

how is it that a lot of nonsmokers get lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

Couple reasons. ..: Many have had significant "passive" exposure to tobacco smoke,  either by a spouse or at work.   Occassionally we can implicate a long-term exposure to an inhaled substance like fossil fuels.   However,  some people simply have a defect, or more likely, a couple of defects in their genetic code.   These mutations can make cells in the lung divide without any way to control them, leading to cancer.

Question 7

how can someone get lung cancer who has never smoked?

Accepted Answer

Dumb luck: Second-hand smoke, usually from the spouse's habit, kills a few thousand people yearly in the us. There are two genetic types of lung cancer that seem to pop up fairly often in non-smokers; they've been known for a few decades and now it's clear they have a different and distinctive biology and often respond to some of the very new easy treatments.

Question 8

might i get lung cancer from second or thirdhand smoke?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Stay away from smoke filled atmosphere.

Question 9

might it be that a a 20 or 25- year old get lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

Yes : Smoking, and some other carcinogens cause  your own cells to be irritated, transform, then become malignant , and then grow a mass and then can metastasize in the process of cancer.
Can happen at any age but more common with abuse and age!
young people can also have other malignancies, lymphomas, metastases that come to lung!

Question 10

can you get lung cancer if your spouse smoked for years?

Accepted Answer

Yes: A small percent of folks get lung cancer without any identifiable risk factors. I've autopsied at least three people with smoker-type lung cancer who did not smoke themselves but whose spouses were heavy smokers and the house was smoke-laden. I believe this causes the disease. Hope you'll be okay. Best wishes.

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