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I smoke about 1 to 5 cigarettes a day for 2 years now (don't smoke daily) about a pack a month. i saw some brown dots on my cheek. is it cancer?
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Likely unrelated: When you smoke you expose your lungs & throat to hundreds of toxic agents found in burning tobacco. When/if these trigger cancer it will be in the tissues directly exposed (lung/throat) & it will usually take decades before it appears. Your brown spots are something unrelated to your smoking. A visit to your doc or a dermatologist can decide what they are.
Answered 6/19/2018
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