I have recently quit smoking after 14 years. Should I be worried about lung cancer??

Answer 1

I would not sit around and worry about it but you are at risk for lung ca along with chronic obstrucive pulmonary disease, asthma, emphysema and a host of other lung problems......should have thought about that 14 years ago, pal!

Answer 2

Congrats!!! That is definately a hard task to accomplish!!! Even though I don't know you, I'm very proud of you!

As for the lung cancer, if you have no serious problems with your lungs now I wouldn't worry about it so much! You will have some coughing and cleaning of your lungs as it begins to clean out all the junk you put in there for so many years. If you are really concerned about your health, see your doctor with your concerns.

I have a question for you now.....How did you quit? I've been a smoker for that long also and need some tips to quit. I can't use stop smoking aids though, and my will power is a little weak!! lol!!

Answer 3

You have done a good thing. You can research this on the internet. You have drastically lowered your chances for lung, throat, and mouth cancer, as well as lowering your chances for heart attack or stroke.
You may still get lung cancer from other things. If you live in a big city where there is dirty air, if you don't exercise and eat a variety of vegetables, and so forth. But don't minimize what you have done. Quitting cigarettes, I have heard, is harder than quitting heroin. I smoked for 30 years. I haven't smoked or used tobacco of any kind for three years now. I'm not going to get addicted to heroin to find out which is harder to quit.
You have done a great thing and deserve congratulations. I wish the best for you.

Answer 4

You did the right thing, but you can still have health problems as a result of the smoking that you did do. But, the good news is, none of the health problems, including lung cancer, is helped at all by worrying. Quite the contrary, in fact.

Answer 5

It is very good atleast now you have realised the worst side of smoking and stopped it. Please keep it up.

For your information I like to write -

Cancer is not the only disease one can get by long years of smoking. They can get so many other diseases. I was smoking for 25 odd years at 30 cigarettes a day. I did not get Cancer. I got heart attach, all my arteries were blocked and had a triple vessel Coronary bypass surgery. After 12 years again I developed difficulties and had a second time bypass surgery this time also it is a triple vessel one.

So Whatever you are destined to get you will get. At this stage do not worry. It is enough you had stopped smoking.

Yes you have a master check-up (including for heart, cancer, kidney) etc., and take some early action, IF AT ALL REQUIRED -.

Best of Luck

Answer 6

The longer you go without smoking ,the better your health will be.....you did alot of damage in 14 years of smoking and the effects can show up much later in life, but it is a huge positive step to stop smoking, so don't worry, just enjoy your increased lung capacity!

Answer 7

You have already decreased your chances of pulmonary (and cardiovascular) disease, including lung cancer, significantly. You will soon see an improvement of your quality of life. Your lungs will begin to repair themselves. Your clothes will stop smelling and your taste buds will return. I found that I liked smoking more as "an idea" rather than as an actual behavior.

I quit smoking so that six months later I could walk up and down the Grand Canyon (that was my motivator). I did that 18 years ago. I have heard that after 20 years our lungs return to their normal state.

I found the physical dependence on nicotine to be gone in a week. The psychological dependence lasts longer. For the first year almost everything that I did where I had previously smoked smoking came to my mind as a tempter. The biggest surprise for me was when I sat down to do my income tax almost a full year after I had quit, I had to struggle to keep from going out to get "just one pack". I did learn in two earlier attempts to quit that just one cigarette doesn't ease cravings it heightens them.

Congratulations! Keep up the good work.

Answer 8

yeah if you sat in a class room that had asbestos when you were little they seem not to tell people about much that doesn't show up for 20 to 30 years later ? Plus they seem to neglect to inform people that the water you drink causes more cancer than anything. Each state controls what levels are OK. Arizona is the worsted. If you gave a sample to say Wisc or any State east of the Mississippi it would be condemned not fit for drinking. Lets all think about that a while

Answer 9

You have a lot less of a chance to get lung cancer than if you had continued to smoke. Congrats!

Answer 10

You should be less worried then if you had continued to smoke. Good Luck with the quitting smoking you will feel alot better for it

Answer 11

Yes. You should talk to your doctor and have him ordered a CAT scan of the lung