How long does it take to get black lungs from smoking?!


Question:

How long does it take to get black lungs from smoking?

I've been smoking about half a pack a day for a little over 2 months ... just wondering what effect it's had on my lungs. How long does it take for them to turn black? Is that something that happens to people who've been smoking for decades or does it happen faster? I want my lungs to be healthy.


Answers:

you can't get black lungs from smoking. The term black lung is legal term for pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico... which is only caused by enhaling coal dust, hence the other term miner's asthma that is used to describe it.

But you don't get it from smoking, you can do a world of hurt to yourself from smoking just not black lung disease.




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