Can I get lung cancer if I have only smoked once?

If you smoked just once it will increase your chances of getting cancer almost negligibly. People get lung cancer even if they haven't smoked ever in their lives. On the other hand, people who have smoked for 40 or more years might not get cancer. It depends on the person. Once you start smoking, you get addicted to them. read more

you may get lung cancer even if you never smoked or only a passive smoker. Smoking increases your odds of getting lung & cancer of any other body part. Its amount (number per day), duration (for how many years you are smoking), type of smoke and other carcinogen exposure can influence the chances. Stay away from it. read more

Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer of women. Three survivors with no history of smoking share the signs that led to a diagnosis they never Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer of women. read more

As many as 20% of the people who die from lung cancer in the United States every year have never smoked or used any other form of tobacco. This translates to about 30,000 Americans in 2017. In fact, if lung cancer in non-smokers had its own separate category, it would rank among the top 10 fatal cancers in the United States. read more

you CAN get lung cancer if you never put cigarette #1 to your lips. smoking increases your chances of lung cancer. but of course cancer has been linked to everything under the sun, because it only requires the dna of 1 cell to mutate. with millions of cells in your body, that's a likely story. anyhow, i don't think one cigarette is going to make a terribly big difference, unless you liked it enough to continue on. read more