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The main cause of lung cancer is smoking. How great is the combined risk of lung cancer due to asbestos exposure and smoking?

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The main cause of lung cancer is smoking. How great is the combined risk of lung cancer due to asbestos exposure and smoking?

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It is widely accepted that tobacco smoke interacts with asbestos in the causation of lung cancer. This means that the risk of lung cancer for a smoker exposed to asbestos is greater than the sum of the individual effects due to smoking and due to asbestos.