My grandfather died of lung cancer because of smoking.

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• Melissa31

  
  
  
  yup, with a family history of lung cancer, your risks are four times greater. Suggest you quit smoking, unless of course you don't care about dieing from lung cancer. Believe me that after seeing a man dying of cancer – you will stop smoking.

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• Maxim

  
  
  
  Sorry to break it up to you- the minute there is a genetic history in the family, you risk climbs up. If because of smoking you had 25% of getting lung cancer- now multiply by 4 and get your chances of “winning” lung cancer. Here is a web site that you can get good information about lung cancer from:
  http://www.webmd.com/lung-cancer/default.htm
  

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• issac

  
  
  
  The majority of lung cancers (90 percent) are due to cigarette smoking. A number of diverse genetic abnormalities have been identified in lung cancer cells. Some of these genetic abnormalities may be causal (i.e., responsible for initiating the development of cancer), while others may instead indicate the progression of the cancer.
  
  Not everyone who smokes will develop lung cancer. Studies have identified that normal genetic variations in the population, known as "polymorphisms," may make some individuals more likely to develop lung cancer if they smoke than other smokers (without the polymorphism).
  
  Genetic polymorphisms may also be important for nonsmokers. About 30 percent of indoor workers in the US are exposed to tobacco smoke. Currently, the number of smoke-free homes has increased to 66 percent. Certain genetic polymorphisms have been found to be associated with a statistically greater risk of lung cancer development, even in a person who has never smoked.

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• voodoo...

  
  
  
  A few smoking related statistics:
  440,000 people died from smoking each year, in the last 10 years, from smoking-associated diseases (CDC)
  In the last year:
  440,000 died
  36,666 died per month
  8,461 died per week
  1,205 died per day
  50 died per hour
  Deaths information for Smoking: An estimated 400,000 deaths each year are caused directly by cigarette smoking.
  Life years lost from Smoking: Smoking doesn't just cut a few months off the end of your life. It reduces the life of the average smoker by 12 years
  

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• SoAlone

  
  
  
  Sad.. my brother in law died from smoking, few years ago.
  Regardless of family history, smoking is not exactly helthy and does contribute to lung cancer.
  Even though the role of heredity in lung cancer is not as well-known, having a family history of lung cancer does increase our risk to some degree. Hereditary lung cancer is higher in women, nonsmokers and those with early onset lung cancer (lung cancer that occurs before the age of 60). Overall, it has been estimated that 1.7% of lung cancers up to the age of 68 are hereditary.

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• MyLife

  
  
  
  Indeed, my grandfather died also of lung cancer due to smoking, I hope that the fact that I stopped smoking will make my life longer than his...

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