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Smoking for past 2 year , age 28.. 4 to 5 a day. symp:burning sensation in some areas of lung, had mild cough, cough aftr smoke. chance of lung cancer?

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

Quit smoking: It is not likely that you have lung cancer, but lung symptoms are a strong reason, if you needed one, to quit smoking. Smoking causes not only lung cancer but a number of other lung disease, heart disease, stroke and other cancers. See your doctor for nicotine replacement in case you need help in quitting smoking.

Answered 3/26/2016

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A member asked:

Smoking for past 2 year , age 28.. 4 to 5 a day. symp:burning sensation in some areas of lung, had mild cough, cough aftr smoke. chance of lung cancer?

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