Men who smoke are 23 times more likely to develop lung cancer than men who don't smoke
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Mortality due to lung cancer was followed in groups of males in the United Kingdom for 50 years. Figure Q20-1 shows the cumulative risk of dying from lung cancer as a function of age and smoking habits for four groups of males: those who never smoked, those who stopped at age $30,$ those who stopped at age $50,$ and those who continued to smoke. These data show clearly that individuals can substantially reduce their cumulative risk of dying from lung cancer by stopping smoking. What do you suppose is the biological basis for this observation?
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