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Qualification => Others => Topic started by: anqfbpiw23 on October 07, 2011, 07:17:27 pm

Title: Can you get mesothelioma cancer if you are smoker?
Post by: anqfbpiw23 on October 07, 2011, 07:17:27 pm

Whats up guys i need your opinion. If you are a heavy smoker can you get a mesothelioma cancer? If not what are the substances that can trigger us to this disease?

Title: Re: Can you get mesothelioma cancer if you are smoker?
Post by: Chingoo on October 09, 2011, 09:27:11 pm

I have not heard of the cancer, and my knowledge of smoking only tells me that it contains uncountable numbers of carcinogens. And taking Wikipedia's word on it:

Quote from: Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesothelioma

Unlike lung cancer, there is no association between mesothelioma and smoking, but smoking greatly increases the risk of other asbestos-induced cancers.

Title: Re: Can you get mesothelioma cancer if you are smoker?
Post by: priyanka143 on July 11, 2012, 09:03:51 am

This is not necessary to effect mesothelioma to chain smoker but there will other harmful diseases can occur which harsh the lungs....so smoking is not good for health in any aspect...