What are the chances that i would get cancer from smoking cigarettes?

Odds are good.: There are 42 known carcinogens in cigarettes, so chances are one of them will get you.

Why chance it: As per the CDC: People who smoke cigarettes are 15 to 30 times more likely to get lung cancer or die from lung cancer than people who do not smoke. Even smoking a few cigarettes a day or smoking occasionally increases the risk of lung cancer. The more years a person smokes and the more cigarettes smoked each day, the more risk goes up.