Wow, wow, wow -- 10-15% of smokers get lung cancer that is A LOT. Yes, most of them end up dying of vascular or lung disease other than cancer (and probably some of those that died of heart attacks also related to their smoking would have gone on to get lung cancer). In non-smokers the number of primary lung cancers is <<1%.
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Wow, wow, wow -- 10-15% of smokers get lung cancer that is A LOT. Yes, most of them end up dying of vascular or lung disease other than cancer (and probably some of those that died of heart attacks also related to their smoking would have gone on to get lung cancer). In non-smokers the number of primary lung cancers is <<1%.