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But all of these factors have been around for many decades, why is it showing up now?


Because smoking is down, and with it, smoking-related lung cancer. Nonsmoker lung cancer numbers OTOH remain steady and its percentage is therefore higher.


These cause cancer after many decades so for example people who were 10 when this started becoming a big issue are now getting cancer in their 30s and 40s.

This is a professional medical opinion from scientists that was aired on the news recently in Australia.

Cancers in the 30s, all types, are waaay up.




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