Will Quitting Smoking Prevent Lung Cancer?
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Lung cancer can be prevented if a smoker quits early enough.
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• A person at any age who quits has less risk of developing lung cancer than a person who still smokes.
• Within 10 years of quitting, the risk of lung cancer drops to approximately half of a smoker.
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• Within 15 years of quitting, the risk drops to almost the same as those who have never smoked.
• The younger a person is when they quit the greater the health benefits, especially if they quit before age 50.
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Some studies have shown that the risk for lung cancer will always be somewhat higher for former smokers than people who have never smoked.
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