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For what length of time can you smoke until you get lung cancer?
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Non specific: Smokers get more lung cancer. Heavy smokers get more lung cancer, but even minimal smokers, and second hand smokers can get, and have higher occurrence of lung cancers number of packs per day, and years used increase risk.
Answered 4/15/2013
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