“Cigarette smoking is responsible for 90% of all lung cancer cases in the United States.
Still, only 10 to 20% of smokers actually develop lung cancer, begging the question: Why do some smokers succumb to the disease and others don’t.”
This doesn’t make sense to me. 10-20% of smokers develop lung cancer, and apparently smoking isn’t related to 10% (100 minus 90), so how are they certain that smoking causes 90% of lung cancer. Not saying that they are wrong, it just seems... off.
The scientific profession has made themselves "cigarette dependent" for their work...It's the first question the doctor asks...and it infuriates me...It creates a STRONG bias in examination.
I’ve known people who died from lung cancer who never smoked. They were probably in that 10% that this article references. The question remains: were they exposed to 2nd hand smoke? Poor air quality in their communities? What?
Before rules were enforced to curtail workplace smoking, I worked in some places that were just awful with smoke — a Boy Scout office was one. It was located in the basement of a church with poor ventilation. When you came inside it looked like you were stepping into a fog, the smoke was so thick from my 2 co-workers.
Another really bad environment was at a newspaper. The publisher was the worst — smoked like a chimney all the time. We’d all be working together to get the paper “to bed” and the smoke was dreadful.
My aunt succumbed to emphysema attributed to her husband’s continuous smoking.
Many types of cancers from other organs can migrate to the lungs.
I have an aunt who is approx. 80 years old who once smoked many years ago, developed lung cancer in her later years and has had a full recovery following treatment.........She is one amazing woman......
But to answer your question, why do people who have never smoked develope lung cancer or emphysema anyway?
Some people get fat, some people don't, some people are allergic to latex, most people aren't.
I'm thinking that the medical and scientific community are now getting too big for their britches..........
It sounds to me like 10-20% of smokers will develop lung cancer. They represent 90% of the lung cancer cases. 10% of lung cancer cases are non-smokers. Better? It was a really weird way of saying it.