Smoking risk? Age 27, time smoked 10 years?I can't seem to find any info for people who stopped smoking at my age, perhaps because most people don't quit as quickly as I did? Well anyway I started smoking when I was 17, I am 27 now and have quit smoking and would like to know specifics about my near, mid, and long term risks for lung cancer and other issues caused by smoking cigarettes. I can only assume that my risk is much lower than many other current/former smokers, but I'd like some specifics and stats. Any answers out there for me? Please do not send me links to web sites unless you researched and found the specific info I am looking for. There is a lot of info out there for 25 year smokers, and smokers over the age of 50... but not much for shorter term, younger smokers.
Techwing
It's hard to compile reliable data, that's why you don't see much of it. It's clear that smoking can cause lung cancer, but putting numbers to it, especially predictively, is very difficult.
A long-term smoker has about a 1 in 6 chance of dying of lung cancer. If you stop smoking, your risk diminishes with each year that you don't smoke, although it never drops to the level of someone who has never smoked.
On the one hand, you stopped after ten years, so you're not a 40-year smoker. But on the other hand, you smoked at an early age, so the smoking has decades during which it can start a cancer. But overall your risk over your lifetime should be much lower than someone who continues to smoke.
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