Smoking

Denzil2222

What percentage of smokers really get cancer because of smoking?

flyton5

You should probably ask a scientist....not this bunch...

KevinVonSpiel

Denzil2222 wrote: »

What percentage of smokers really get cancer because of smoking?

This is after hours...

Celly Smunt

every single one of them,including everyone they have ever smoked around,unless they smoke in a place where one wall has been taken down

admiralofthefleet

i dont know,*cough*

Denzil2222

You know whats its like when you give out to a teenager for smoking and they can name lots of people over the age of 80 who have smoked all their lifes but are in perfect health

Quandary

Denzil2222 wrote: »

What percentage of smokers really get cancer because of smoking?

This might help a bit - interesting enough read.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-some-smokers-get-lung

starbelgrade

Denzil2222 wrote: »

You know whats its like when you give out to a teenager for smoking and they can name lots of people over the age of 80 who have smoked all their lifes but are in perfect health

That's what happens when you try to score in a smoking area on Junior Cert night.

Gillington

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GLaDOS

flyton5 wrote: »

You should probably ask a scientist....not this bunch...

All of them

>_>

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Pace2008

Denzil2222 wrote: »

You know whats its like when you give out to a teenager for smoking

No.

RockinRolla

It's better to smoke and fly than drink and drive.

Sticky_Fingers

Denzil2222 wrote: »

What percentage of smokers really get cancer because of smoking?

Pfft smoking doesn't cause cancer OP, its only effect is to give you that air of fifties cool daddio.

Saila

what % of smokers smoke or 'smoke'

Duggy747

I dunno about the cancer thing but it doesn't take a scientist to know they fùck with your health.

x in the city

65.782%

policarp

What % of smokers get knocked down by buses?

Piste

While cancer is higher in smokers, it's impossible to tell in individual cases whether the cancer is due to the smoking or whether they would have gotten cancer anyway (plenty of people who haven't touched a cigarete in their lives get cancer). An easier to answer question would be "what percentage of smokers get cancer" (but of course then we need to know the total number of smokers, which is hard to estimate). That question might be better off asked in the Health Sciences forum.

EDIT: A quick pubmed search shows that 50% lung cancer patients are smokers at the time of their diagnosis, and 83% of those continue smoking after diagnosis. source

dazftw

How long is a piece of string

30H!3

Smoking.

recylingbin

What % of ex-smokers die from being punched in the face for being arseholes?

strobe

Piste wrote: »

While cancer is higher in smokers, it's impossible to tell in individual cases whether the cancer is due to the smoking or whether they would have gotten cancer anyway (plenty of people who haven't touched a cigarete in their lives get cancer). An easier to answer question would be "what percentage of smokers get cancer" (but of course then we need to know the total number of smokers, which is hard to estimate). That question might be better off asked in the Health Sciences forum.

EDIT: A quick pubmed search shows that 50% lung cancer patients are smokers at the time of their diagnosis, and 83% of those continue smoking after diagnosis. source

50/50 for lung cancer in terms of smokers v non-smokers? That's pretty surprising. I would have thought it would be at least slightly higher for smokers. Any numbers for throat and mouth cancer?

Orange69

In the United States, smoking is estimated to account for 87% of lung cancer cases (90% in men and 85% in women).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_cancer

Pherekydes

FACT: 100% of smokers die.

Dravokivich

Pherekydes wrote: »

FACT: 100% of smokers die.

100% of non-smokers die also...

Can we therefore rule out smoking as a pre-requisite for death?

Gillington

What percentage of Smoking threads are started by Non Smokers!?

biko

Cigarette smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke cause an estimated average of 438,000 premature deaths each year in the United States. Of these premature deaths, about 40 percent are from cancer, 35 percent are from heart disease and stroke, and 25 percent are from lung disease.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/cessation

drkpower

Piste wrote: »

While cancer is higher in smokers, it's impossible to tell in individual cases whether the cancer is due to the smoking or whether they would have gotten cancer anyway (plenty of people who haven't touched a cigarete in their lives get cancer)

When it comes to lung cancer (which is what most people erroneously think of when it comes to smoking-related cancers), the vast majority are caused by smoking. Quite few people who have never touched a cigarette in their lives (or at least, who have not been substantially exposed to cigarette smoke) get lung cancer.

Strobe wrote: »

50/50 for lung cancer in terms of smokers v non-smokers? That's pretty surprising. I would have thought it would be at least slightly higher for smokers. Any numbers for throat and mouth cancer

The abstract doesnt say that; it says that 50% of lung cancer patients are current smokers at the time of diagnosis. Big difference, there.

Uriel.

What % of tobacco chewers get tooth cancer?

up for anything

biko wrote: »

Cigarette smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke cause an estimated average of 438,000 premature deaths each year in the United States. Of these premature deaths, about 40 percent are from cancer, 35 percent are from heart disease and stroke, and 25 percent are from lung disease.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/cessation

Yeah, but you have to add in the fact that most Americans are fat bastards anyway.