{"id":91772,"date":"2026-07-10T21:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=91772"},"modified":"2026-07-10T21:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:31:42","slug":"1-in-5-lung-cancer-patients-have-never-smoked-expert-warns-of-hidden-risk-factors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/07\/10\/1-in-5-lung-cancer-patients-have-never-smoked-expert-warns-of-hidden-risk-factors\/","title":{"rendered":"1 in 5 lung cancer patients have never smoked &#8211; expert warns of hidden risk factors"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1RyxwB.img?w=768&h=432&m=6\" alt=\"Mixed Race woman breaking cigarette\" width=\"666\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The link is undeniable: when we consider lung cancer, our minds immediately turn to smoking. Smoking remains the\u00a0<a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/healthandbeauty\/health-and-fitness\/66988\/how-to-quit-smoking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">principal risk factor<\/a>\u00a0for developing this type of tumour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The link is undeniable: when we consider lung cancer, our minds immediately turn to smoking. Smoking remains the\u00a0principal risk factor\u00a0for developing this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/signs-of-lung-cancer-2-768x972-1.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91773,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91772\/revisions\/91773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}