Promising Reason to Stop Smoking for Early Lung Cancer Patients

A new study shows a promising reason to stop smoking for early lung cancer patients. Quitting the tobacco habit can greatly improved their survival chances.

Of the smokers who kicked their habit shortly after diagnosis, 63 to 70 percent were still alive after five years compared to 29 to 33 percent of those who continued to smoke.

The study was made by scientists at Birmingham University, England and was published in the British Medical Journal or BMJ.

“The message is you should never give up on giving up (smoking),” said Amanda Parsons, of the U.K. Centre for Tobacco Control Studies at the University of Birmingham, who led the study. “Even at the stage where you have been diagnosed with early stage lung cancer…if you give up smoking, your body can still partially recover and your risk is reduced,” she said.

A greater survial rate should serve as a motivational and promising reason to stop smoking for early lung cancer patients.