Does the age I started smoking affect the odds I will develop lung cancer?

Does the age I started smoking affect the odds I will develop lung cancer?

Jay M. Lee (Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology Program, UCLA) gives expert video advice on: Does the age I started smoking affect the odds I will develop lung cancer?; Does the amount I smoke affect your odds of developing lung cancer?; Why do people who never smoke develop lung cancer? and more...

Age does impact on the risk for lung cancer, mainly because it impacts on duration. The longer that you smoked and the amount of cigarettes that you smoked certainly impacts on lung cancer development.