You quadruple your lung cancer risk if you smoke and vape


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Smokers who vape at the same time are increasing their chances of developing lung cancer by four times, compared to if they just smoked. — Filepic

People who smoke and vape are four times as likely to develop lung cancer as people who smoke cigarettes but don’t vape, according to Ohio State University (OSU) researchers in the United States.

“Our results suggest that vaping in combination with cigarette smoking accelerates the rate of developing lung cancer compared to smoking alone,” the team reported in the Journal of Oncology Research and Therapy.

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