Were you aware that 80% of smokers don't get lung cancer?!
Question: turns out I was right. If you have te *cancer* gene, then smoking gives you cancer (The new studies, published in Nature and Nature Genetics, found that smokers who possessed one copy of either variant were 28% more likely to develop lung cancer, while those with two copies were at a stunning 81% increased risk for the disease.)
What do you think this means for research and for the anti-smoking campaign?
Answers: turns out I was right. If you have te *cancer* gene, then smoking gives you cancer (The new studies, published in Nature and Nature Genetics, found that smokers who possessed one copy of either variant were 28% more likely to develop lung cancer, while those with two copies were at a stunning 81% increased risk for the disease.)
What do you think this means for research and for the anti-smoking campaign?
No, i wasn't aware but i'm not suprised. I happen to not be a smoker, so i've honestly never done much research on it, but i have wondered. The anti-smoking campaign is really troublesome to me.
I don't think that those type of facts will deter any anti-smoking laws in the works, though. It seems to be a social issue, and it has become overwhemling popular to hate smokers.
Thanks, a lot for educating.
I know that means that 20% do get cancer - that's 1 in 5. I also know that 100% of smokers smell bad.
So if those same persons chose not to smoke, they would be less likely to get cancer. That seems to still be the same premise though, that smoking can lead to cancer.
you might not get cancer, but there are other lung diseases that are just as devastating (COPD, COLD, emphysema, etc)
That's All great for the 80 % but what about the 20 %? That is MORE than enough for me...plus with second hand smoke smokers are transmitting the likely hood of lung cancer to their children who may just carry this gene...DON'T SMOKE...This info won't change anything about The Anti-Smoking Campaign nor should it!
Are you aware that 100% of smokers show some lung damage on pulmonary function tests?
Both Cancer and COPD are painful, stressful, terrible diseases that makes the patient suffer.
I dont think research involving cancer or smoking will ever cease until we find a cure... and we will need several cures for all the diseases smoking causes. SO that isnt coming to a halt anytime soon.
As far as anti-smoking campaigns... do you think they are going to let some random statistic stop them from trying to intervene in people's lives? No.
So I dont get your question. A dummy could have answered this question the same way I did.
It wont have any effect on the campaigning, because hundreds of thousands of people die each year from lung cancer and diseases caused by smoking. If the people stop dying, then you can expect some change in campaigning.
Were you aware that it is a common misconception that cancer is the most common long term consequence of smoking? You should be more concerned with COPD.