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They responded by saying that these smokers short-term (ten-year) risk may be offset by the long-term benefit of a greater likelihood that they will quit smoking (as cigarettes become less satisfying) and by the enormous benefit of preventing nicotine addiction in future generations. In other words, they are sorry if your risks increase for ten years because you can't quit, but maybe you'll quit anyway and besides, maybe your children won't get hooked

You may qualify for lung cancer screening if you meet these criteria: You are 50 to 80 years old Smoke cigarettes now or quit within the past 15 years Smoked cigarettes for at least 20 pack-years A pack-year estimates how many cigarettes you have smoked in your lifetime