I guess a clearer way of asking this is: What percentage of those who have cancer, contracted it because they smoked tobacco?
2007-08-04 19:39:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
It's around 60% and most of them get Lung Cancer or Throat Cancer and Tabacco plays a role in it.
2007-08-08 08:46:34 · answer #1 · answered by starlina7up 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cancer is made up of several different kinds, but I would agree that about a third of the cancers I see are related to smoking. Lung cancer is the notorious kind, but throat cancer, mouth cancer, and bladder cancer are also caused by smoking. Many smokers die of heart and vascular disease before they develop cancer, and many others suffer for years suffocating from emphysema or COPD.
2007-08-04 19:59:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
100% of people who have cancer have cancer. 100% of my friends who died of lung cancer (3) never smoked. 100% of my 4 pack a day grandmother died of old age at 94. 100% of all people cannot intelligently answer that question. Noone knows. The risk is higher from smoking...same as the risk of swimming is to drowning...never saw a non swimmer drown, but I've seen 3 non smokers die of lung/throat cancer before they were 50. Go figure.
2007-08-04 20:43:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to the CDC and American Lung Association, the average number of deaths by lung cancer due to cigarette smoking was close to 124,000 for the period of 1997 to 2001. The estimation is about 126,000 for 2006 to 2007. This is out of approximately 480,000 to 500,000 total deaths including other cancers, stroke, chronic lung disease, and coronary heart disease. However, the lung cancer number itself also includes deaths from second hand smoke, so the actual number of people who smoked willingly and had lung cancer is probably a little under the 126,000 mark. Percentage-wise, it's closer to 25% of smoking-related deaths.
According to the American Cancer Society, about 15% of all lung cancers are small-cell type (caused by smoking) and lung cancer comprises about 31% of all cancers affecting men, and 26% of all cancers affecting women.
So therefore, 15% of about 1/3 of all cancers are caused by smoking.
2007-08-04 21:20:28 · answer #4 · answered by Jason F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dad smoked for 35 years and never had lung cancer. He just passed away July 29th, a week ago, to pancreatic cancer. Go figure.
2007-08-06 05:00:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well lets see . i had breast cancer ...was not cause by smoking ...had a grandmother who was 85 before she died of lung cancer ..never smoke a day in her life ...just depends could have been past from genarater to genarater.go firgure..
2007-08-05 05:12:36 · answer #6 · answered by bama2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
last time I checked smoking could be associated with about 35 percent of all cancers.
2007-08-04 19:42:29 · answer #7 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The entire lot. If they don't have it yet, it's only a matter of time.
2007-08-04 19:42:36 · answer #8 · answered by Peter V 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋