Yeah, they do. My never smoked friend died last month of lung cancer.
I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I lost someone from lung cancer (small cell carcinoma) in 1992. He was 28, and a non-smoker.
Smoking increases your chances of getting it, sure. But it doesn't discriminate between smokers and non, as you are aware.
Smoking increases your chances of getting it, sure. But it doesn't discriminate between smokers and non, as you are aware.
I'm so sorry for your loss. 28, that's sickening. :(
I think it takes a factor of several things to put us in bad health. If a person is obese and smokes, he is 10 times more likely to cut his life shorter. It's a combination of things that do us in. I can't believe that just one factor will do it. Smoking isn't good for us, sure, but if a person is in good physical condition, then the changes of him getting sick from smoking is cut in half. It depends on how well we take care of ourselves in other areas.