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My in-law is an uncologist, and told me this 10 years ago: If you smoke 1 pack a day for 15 years (what they call "15 pack.years"), your lungs will completely
by d--b 7y ago
My in-law is an uncologist, and told me this 10 years ago:
If you smoke 1 pack a day for 15 years (what they call "15 pack.years"), your lungs will completely heal, and you have no more risk than the next guy to get lung cancer.
After 15 pack.years, then the risk starts to increase significantly.
- superpermutat0r 7y agoThere must be some hormesis from smoking. Young human body can adapt and work around stress, be it from smoking or exercise or alcohol. It is definitely a huge problem to maintain these physiologically stressful habits into old age when body no longer has the work capacity or ability to adapt.