Can you get lung cancer from one of your famliy members that smokes and you dont?

Question

My dad smokes since he was 18 years old. Can I get lung cancer from him even if i dont smoke?

Answer 1

Secondhand smoke can increase your risk for lung cancer, yes, but as long as you stay away from his cigarette smoke your risk will not be elevated.

Answer 2

As many have stated already, this is populary known as second hand smoke. What makes it so deadly is that most people think they must be the smoker. Not true. If you are around smokers when they smoke or are in a smoky room you imbibe some of the nicotine and other junk into your lungs when you inhale. This is why many cities outlaw smoking in restraunts now.
The best thing you can do is leave the room the minute someone lights up and demand to eat in the non-smoking sections of restraunts. Your dad can always go outside and smoke.
Below in the sources section is a Washington Post site for a video report put out by the U.S. Surgeon General on second hand smoke.

Answer 3

I lived at MD Anderson Cancer Hospital with my Mother for 3 months and every person that I met that had lung cancer never smoked and were not around smokers. I met two that got the cancer after they quit smoking and their family members did not have any lung problems. No. I don't smoke. I did witness this first hand.
This is government propaganda.
Why do you think they want to fund children's health care on cigarette tax? Do you really believe that they would fund health care on Americans ill health. If funded on a cigarette tax they are promoting smoking.

Use the brain that God gave you, if a smoker breathes in the smoke then exhales it he/she is also breathing in second hand smoke, so if they have less chance (according to others on this site) of getting lung cancer than someone who doesn't smoke, how does that promote lung cancer in non-smokers? that was made up by non-smokers who don't like the smell.
Always remember that someone out there in this world won't like something that you do and will try to take it from you because they don't like it, use it , or need it, but you might. And this applies to everything in life not just smoking.

Answer 4

Yes, unfortunately, Dana Reeve, Christopher Reevs wife recently died of lung cancer and never smoked a day of her life. Even though he's your dad you can make the choice to not be around him when he smokes.

Answer 5

Well, if you hang around him alot when hes smoking and breathe in all that smoke, then yeah, it may affect you. Although im not really sure if it can give you lung cancer, secondhand smoke is very dangerous since your breathing in PURE smoke, when in the other hand the one thats actually smoking is not.

Answer 6

Yes, you can.
If you're constantly around people/areas that have lots of smoke in them, and you consistently breathe all the bad air in, the tar and chemicals in the smoke will give you something called second-hand smoking. This means that because of the people around you that were smoking so much, your lungs were badly damaged cause of it.
If i were you, i'd encourage your dad to stop smoking..
it's really bad for him, but im sure you know that already..
hope i helped :)

Answer 7

Yes you can get cancer from that...but it doesn't have to be from smoking. Anyone can get cancer and they may not ever have been exposed to second hand smoke or smoked a cigarette ever in their lives.

Answer 8

You can get lung cancer from second hand smoke, ut you can also get lun cancer regardless.
My Uncle died from lung cancer, he never smoked and wasn't around anyone that smoked....

Answer 9

Yes, passive smokers can contract cancer, even if they do not smoke. It has been shown that many people that were non smokers, but worked in smoke-filled environments like clubs and pubs, contracted cancer by inhaling the smoke from other people's cigarettes.

Answer 10

Yes u could
second hand smoke cancer