I was totally shocked.”This was 2023, and the mother-of-four, a nonsmoker, had to face that she might have lung cancer. I was 47 at the time, and the only person in my family who has never smoked – how could it be possible that I’m the one getting scanned for lung cancer? There is a mistaken thought that only people who smoke get lung cancer, but basically anyone who has lungs can get lung cancer. Smoking is the main cause of lung cancer as seven in 10 people who get lung cancer either smoke or used to smoke. But you can get lung cancer even if you have never smoked.
