So, NON smokers also get lung cancer? Aren't we constantly told that we will get lung cancer because we smoke? Sorry non-smokers. This one is for you.
Yeah, they do. My never smoked friend died last month of lung cancer. And I have friends that are long time smokers that are as healthy as a person can get.
Surely you see the illogic in your statement. No one has ever claimed that smoking is the only cause of lung cancer or that non-smokers are magically immune from the disease.
The fact that some non-smokers get lung cancer in no way diminishes the fact that smoking greatly increases the risks of lung cancer.
Do you really believe that smokers are no more likely to get lung cancer than non-smokers?
By the way, I had a look at your web site. Just wanted to let you know that while I believe smoking is bad for your health, when it comes to being opposed to government regulation of smoking, I'm strongly on your side.
I am totally opposed to government making it illegal to smoke in places of business. Let the free market sort things out: if people don't want to shop or work in a smoking environment, let them go elsewhere, and if there are enough of them, there will be plenty of businesses springing up to accomodate the demand.
By the way, I had a look at your personal page. Just wanted to let you know that while I believe smoking is bad for your health, when it comes to being opposed to government regulation of smoking, I'm strongly on your side.
I am totally opposed to government making it illegal to smoke in places of business. Let the free market sort things out: if people don't want to shop or work in a smoking environment, let them go elsewhere, and if there are enough of them, there will be plenty of businesses springing up to accomodate the demand.
The strange thing is that my father, who smoked but stopped around 50, died of throat cancer at the age of 62.
My mother, who has smoked a pack a day for her entire adult life, is 83 and going pretty strong.
Keep in mind that many "lung cancers" may be the result of a solid tumor metastasis such as a breast cancer which spreads. SCLC, Oat-cell,...there are many different cell types. Do smoker's or people who are exposed to other carcinogens have an increased rate? Yes. It is just common sense.