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A comment on Smokers Should Be Screened for Lung Cancer–Even If They Quit Long Ago. Parent comment

Re:Smokers Should Be Screened for Lung Cancer–Even If They Q... by JohnFen on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @05:27PM (#38198081)
> But we didn't go around advertising, "If you've been a smoker, you're never getting rid of your increased risk." Because that would have been demotivating.

Honestly, learning this makes me regret quitting smoking a bit.

Just a bit, though, because the main risk with smoking isn't cancer, it's emphysema.

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Re:Smokers Should Be Screened for Lung Cancer–Even If They Q... by slavik81 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @01:34AM (#38201844)
My grandfather died of emphysema. He spent the last twenty years of his life struggling to breathe. It's a horrifying condition.
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