| There are a various risk factors that are
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| | smoke.
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| linked to lung cancer. The most common
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| | Asbestos Exposure
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| known causes are as follows:
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| | Exposure to asbestos is another
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| Cigarette Smoking
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| | well-known cause of lung cancer and
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| Cigarette smoking is probably the most
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| | mesothelioma - cancer of the pleural
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| closely related link to developing lung
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| | lining of the lungs. Asbestos was widely
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| cancer. A person who smokes two packs or
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| | used in construction and everyday
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| more of cigarettes per day has a one in
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| | products in the late 1800s through the
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| seven chance of developing lung cancer.
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| | 1960s. Asbestos separates into fine
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| Those that smoke one pack of cigarettes
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| | silica fibers that become trapped in the
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| per day have a twenty-five times greater
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| | tissues of the lungs. Mesothelioma is
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| chance of developing lung cancer than a
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| | inextricably linked to asbestos exposure.
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| non-smoker. In addition, those people
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| | There are no reported cases of
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| that smoke a pipe or cigar have a five
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| | mesothelioma in people who were not
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| times greater chance of developing lung
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| | exposed to asbestos either in the
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| cancer than a non-smoker.
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| | workplace or through their environment.
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| The risk of developing lung cancer
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| | A non-smoker who was exposed to asbestos
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| increases with the number of cigarettes
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| | has a five times greater risk of
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| smoked over your lifetime. Cigarette
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| | developing lung cancer than a non-smoker
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| smoking damages the cells in your lungs.
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| | who was not exposed. Smoking increases
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| The moment you stop smoking, your lungs
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| | the risk dramatically - a smoker who was
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| begin healing themselves, replacing
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| | exposed to asbestos has a risk of
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| damaged cells with healthy, normal cells.
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| | developing lung cancer that is 50 to 90
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| Your risk of developing lung cancer
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| | times greater than that of a non-smoker.
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| begins decreasing almost immediately when
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| | Radon Gas
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| you quit smoking. Every year that you do
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| | It is estimated that about 12% of lung
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| not smoke, your chances of developing
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| | cancer deaths can be attributed to radon
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| lung cancer drop further. By the
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| | gas, a colorless, odorless gas that is a
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| fifteenth year, your chances of
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| | natural byproduct of the decay of
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| developing lung cancer are about the same
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| | uranium. The U.S. Environmental
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| as those of a person who has never
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| | Protection Agency estimates that as many
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| smoked.
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| | as 15% of homes in the United States have
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| Secondhand Smoke
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| | unsafe levels of radon gas, which will
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| Also known as passive smoking, people
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| | account for 15,000 to 22,000 deaths from
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| exposed to secondhand smoke on a regular
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| | lung cancer annually.
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| basis will have a higher risk of
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| | Air Pollution
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| developing lung cancer, even if they do
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| | Scientists estimate that as many as 1% of
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| not smoke themselves. Studies have shown
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| | all lung cancer deaths are attributable
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| that those who live with a smoker have a
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| | to air pollution. They believe that
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| 24% greater risk of developing lung
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| | prolonged exposure to very polluted air
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| cancer than most non-smokers. Doctors
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| | can raise the risks of developing lung
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| estimate that about 3000 lung cancer
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| | cancer to about the levels of a passive
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| deaths a year are related to secondhand
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| | smoker.
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