i'm 24 and i smoked for 2 years average 8 cigaretes a day...?

Question

i have been gave up for 3 month and i wanna know how much this career..this 2 years can cause lung cancer?
i wanna know are there a lot of persons like me (smoking for 2 years) that are involved with lung cancer?

Answer 1

It can hurt you but the odds are in your favor if you never start smoking again.

Coach

Answer 2

Your risk of lung cancer is directly related to the amount you smoke over your lifetime.

If you had never smoked, your lifetime risk of lung cancer is 1%. If you are a heavy smoker (which you were not), the risk goes up to 30%. So, your smoking less than a half a pack per day for 2 years would probably bring your lifetime risk of lung cancer up to around 2%.

So, as long as you do not resume smoking and are not exposed to a lot of second-hand smoke, you are very, very unlikely to get lung cancer.

Answer 3

Giving up on smoking is a right choice. The chances of getting small cell lung cancer due to smoking is pretty high. However, when you stop smoking, your chances start to decrease straight away until it reaches the levels of a non-smoker(ie the chances of a non-smoker getting lung cancer).

Since you are only 24, your body is able to take care of any mutations that might have occured, as the body has its own repairing mechanism. As you get older, the repair system decreases in function and you accumulate more mutations. This leads on to cancer. You need at least four to seven mutations in a lifetime to get cancer.

Answer 4

There are people who have never smoked that get lung cancer. You also have to stay clear of second hand smoke. There are other things in our environments that can cause lung cancer besides cigarettes. I hope your health will be better now and you never have lung problems.

Answer 5

Congratulations on quitting! As for cancer, no one can say for sure. People who have never smoked can die of lung cancer and others who smoke like a chimney live forever. Your best bet would be to talk to a doctor or specialist. Keep up the good work on quitting! I'm proud of you!

Answer 6

There is more and more research suggesting that cancer is a hereditary virus. I totally believe this; before my grandpa passed, he smoked like 2-3 packs a day for like 40-50 years and he never developed anything besides emphizema (which is expected with usage like that). I wouldn't worry about it, because there is nothing you can do. Until the government stops pouring money into a worthless cause such as Iraq and starts pouring money into the medical maladies that plague our world today, nothing will be accomplished (sorry about the tirade).

Answer 7

I think that your chances for lung cancer are increased due to your having smoked. Life is funny in that there are people that have smoked their entire lives and never gotten cancer, but their spouses, who didn't smoke, did get lung cancer. Congrats on giving it up though and keep it up.

Answer 8

As little as you say you smoked, I think you are pretty safe. Your odds of developing lung cancer are very low. Some people smoke all their lives and die od old age - NOT lung cancer.

Answer 9

I'm not a doctor, but you are ok for now! Speaking from personal experience. I know some people way older than you and smokes more than you that are just fine, but thats not always the case. Like wise there are some people who get seriously ill sooner. You have nothing to worry about, call up your doctor. You keep worring like this, you'll find yourself back smoking again.

Answer 10

God I smoke a pack a day too, and have for about the last 23 years - I would guess your just starting to feel the weight of the nicotine in your lungs.

Answer 11

That's probably not long enough to cause lung cancer. Good thing that you stopped... keep it up.