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Is there any cases who stoped after 10 yrs smoking at the age of 33 and died due to lung cancer?

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Yes: There are cases where people can die younger as well. It's not common but definitely possible. The sooner you quit smoking the better for not only your lungs but your overall health.

Answered 7/28/2013

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Yes, but fewer: Any smoker has an increased risk of lung cancer than a never smoker. After 10-15 years of smoking cessation the risk approaches the risk of a never smoker, but is still 10-80% more likely than the never smoker.

Answered 4/13/2013

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Do not panic: You had done right thing by stopping sm0king and watching your health! nobody knows the future but live your life and do the best for yourself!

Answered 4/12/2013

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Yes: Even though one stops smoking for a long period of time, one is still at risk. There is a long period berteen exposure to tobacco smoke and development of lung cancer big enough to be deetcted by imagings like ct scan or chest x ray.

Answered 4/12/2013

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Yes but: In any very common disease, like lung cancer, there will be outliers who don't fit the common picture. There are certainly people in their 30s (and even 20s) who die of lung cancer, both smokers and nonsmokers. This, however, is quite rare. The best thing you can do for yourself is to quit smoking, which decreases risk immensely!

Answered 4/13/2017

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Yes: But your chances improve greatly that lung cancer will not be your cause of death if you stop smoking now. But in smokers, lung cancer is the least of their problems. Nicotine addiction and the smoking itself causes a wholstope lot of as bad or worse health problems. Quit now-- talk to an addiction specialist to help you.

Answered 10/9/2013

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