After you quit smoking, does your risk of getting lung cancer decrease?

After you quit smoking, does your risk of getting lung cancer decrease?I recently quit smoking. I hadn't smoked for long, just a few months. Does the risk of getting lung cancer decrease after you quit smoking?

blues
maybe...

Brett M
Yes.

Sukhpreet P
The single best way to prevent lung cancer is not to smoke. If you smoke, quit for good as soon as possible. Not long after you quit, your risk of lung cancer begins to drop. After 10 years of not smoking, the risk of lung cancer is about 50% lower compared to continued smokers and continues to decrease with time.

njdocisin
Yes, it does. The longer you go without smoking after quiting, the more your risk declines. In your case, since you didn't smoke long, your risk will be reduced dramatically if you don't start smoking again. Your overall lung function improves within just a few days of quitting as well.

chrissielicious
Yes, it does, and good job on quitting!

Within 5 years of quitting the lung cancer death rate (for average 1 pack/day former smoker) decreases by nearly 50%

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