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Im a social smoker since age 20. now im age 29 and just recently decide to quit smoking. any chance i will still get lung cancer?
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If you quit: And do not relapse, and social smoking was < pack/day, you have risk that diminishes over years of not smoking. You are making a wise choice, stick to it, get help if you are failing.
Answered 2/19/2013
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Maybe: Smoking is just one cause for lung cancer.Not smoking reduces your chance to get the disease but there are other causes and non-smokers can still contract lung cancer through second hand smoke .Other cancers in the body can metasticize to the lung. In general, if you stop smoking your chances are better to not get the disease and your lungs will recover , after 10 years, to those of a non-smoker.
Answered 11/28/2017
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