Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
Can smoking give you lung cancer or just increase the chances of getting it?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Causative factor: Smoking, and some other carcinogens cause your own cells to be irritated, transform, then become malignant , and then grow a mass and then can metastasize in the process of cancer.
Answered 4/5/2013
5.2k views
Thank
Increases risk: Only about 20% of lifelong smokers will develop lung cancer, so it doesn't cause cancer in everyone. Tobacco smoke interacts with genetic predisposition to lead to cancer.
Answered 1/13/2015
5.2k views
Thank
Related Questions
A member asked:
I'm 17 have been smoking for a year and in the last half a year almost two packs a day do I have bigger chances of getting lung cancer?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Could you get lung cancer from things other then smoking?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Please tell me, could someone get lung cancer from things other then smoking?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
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?
I'm 22 years old and have been smoking cigarettes for 10 years...I've been around it all my life tho...Do I have a good chance to get lung cancer?
Doctors say lifetime heavy smoking(2packs daily) gives an average 30 percent chance of lung cancer. So a half pack a day gives me 7.5 chance?
Yesterday I smoked 3 cigarette, was the first time I tried smoking, I'll never pretend to try it again, can I get lung cancer just for trying 3?
I started smoking at an age of 17 nd I gave up smoking two months ago at an age of 18 so I have smoked 2 cigaretes per day for 1yr.I have minor chest pain on left side that comes and goes so is it serious nd is there risk for me to get lungs cancer?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.
HIPAASecure
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHOAccredited
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
