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What is the chance that i will get cancer from smoking?
6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Pretty good.: There are 42 carcinogens in a cigarette. One is bound to get you.
Answered 12/1/2014
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Risk is dose-related: While smoking clearly significantly increases the risk of several cancers, not all smokers get cancer. Some die of coronary artery disease (due to smoking) before they develop cancer. The harm of smoking is dose-related: the more packs per day, and the more years smoked, the greater the risk.
Answered 11/29/2014
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