Risk Factors:
Trying to avoid lung cancer? 90% of lung is due to smoking. If you are a smoker you are 15 to 30 times more likely to catch lung cancer. Tobacco smoke is a toxic mix of more than 7,000 chemicals, many are poisons and 70 are known to cause cancer. second hand smoke or smoke from other people’s cigarettes, pipes, or cigars also causes lung cancer. When a person breathes in secondhand smoke, it is like he or she is smoking. 7,300 people who have never smoked die each year in the United States due to cancer by second hand smoking. Those are the ones you can fix, the ones you can change. The rest are exposure to Radon gas which comes from rocks and dirt, and can get trapped in houses and buildings. It can not be seen, tasted, or smelled and effects every one out of fifteen homes. EPA (enviromental Protection Agency) recommends testing homes rugulary for radon levels. Other less efective chemicals found at some workplaces that increase risk include asbestos, arsenic, diesel exhaust, and some forms of silica and chromium.
To reduce your risk factors my advise to you would one be just dont smoke. Its not worth the damage it does to your body. If you are smoking quit as soon as possible. Avoid second hand smoke. Make sure you check and monitor Radon levels at your home. If you do not know how to test radon levels start by checking the website listed here: http://www.epa.gov/radon/radontest.html and go from there.
Avoiding risks of getting cancer are highly recommended. For all cancers ways to prevent it are all similar; DON'T smoke, keep a healthy bodyweight, cut back on alcohol, eat healthy, keep active, avoid certain infections (HPV), and stay safe in the sun. I wouldn't let the risk of lung cancer take your whole life away, you need to have some fun and live a life worth living go drink and party, all I'm saying is take into consideration how much you drink or how often. If you go have fun in the sun go ahead just wear sunscreen. Face it lung cancer is the cancer with the most victims so reducing the risk in urgently needed. Physical activity also plays a huge role in reducing your risk, physical activity reduces lung cancer risk by 20-30% for women and 20-50% for men so next time you think about smoking or drinking think of the other possibilities that can lead you to a long and happy life.
To reduce your risk factors my advise to you would one be just dont smoke. Its not worth the damage it does to your body. If you are smoking quit as soon as possible. Avoid second hand smoke. Make sure you check and monitor Radon levels at your home. If you do not know how to test radon levels start by checking the website listed here: http://www.epa.gov/radon/radontest.html and go from there.
Avoiding risks of getting cancer are highly recommended. For all cancers ways to prevent it are all similar; DON'T smoke, keep a healthy bodyweight, cut back on alcohol, eat healthy, keep active, avoid certain infections (HPV), and stay safe in the sun. I wouldn't let the risk of lung cancer take your whole life away, you need to have some fun and live a life worth living go drink and party, all I'm saying is take into consideration how much you drink or how often. If you go have fun in the sun go ahead just wear sunscreen. Face it lung cancer is the cancer with the most victims so reducing the risk in urgently needed. Physical activity also plays a huge role in reducing your risk, physical activity reduces lung cancer risk by 20-30% for women and 20-50% for men so next time you think about smoking or drinking think of the other possibilities that can lead you to a long and happy life.