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Should i be worried about having cancer if i stopped smoking 34 years ago?
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While worry: Is an utter waste of time, risk is more dependent on how long you smoked and how much (>10 pack years?), yet risk diminshes substantially with each passing year.
Answered 8/1/2012
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