Percentage Of Smokers Who Get Lung Cancer. Anytime you inhale smoke there s a risk. Smoking is both the leading cause of cancer and the leading cause of death from cancer says peggy lang msn crnp coordinator of the thoracic oncology multi disciplinary program at the johns hopkins sidney kimmel comprehensive cancer center.
If you are a smoker you have 25 times higher risk of developing lung cancer than a non smoker. According to the american cancer society as many as 20 percent of people in the united states who died from lung cancer in 2018 a total of roughly 30 000 people never smoked. About 6 6 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime and 90 percent of these cases will be related to smoking including secondhand smoke exposure.
Surprisingly fewer than 10 percent of lifelong smokers will get lung cancer.
About 6 6 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime and 90 percent of these cases will be related to smoking including secondhand smoke exposure. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths. Anytime you inhale smoke there s a risk. A nonsmoker is a person who doesn t currently smoke but may have smoked 100 or so cigarettes at some point in their life.
