Many people who were exposed to asbestos and develop lung cancer are also smokers or former smokers. This does not mean that they do not have a potential asbestos case. If you smoked, have exposure to asbestos, and have lung cancer, physicians will likely tell you that your cancer was caused by both factors. Smoking has a multiplying effect on the risk of getting cancer from asbestos exposure. It is similar to the effect of mixing alcohol and sleeping pills; a deadly combination. Our firm has represented hundreds of smokers and former smokers in extremely successful lung cancer and mesothelioma asbestos cases.

Cigarettes and Mesothelioma

Cigarette smoking does not cause mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is caused by exposure to asbestos. Even a brief exposure to asbestos can cause this terrible illness. Mesothelioma can come from exposure to asbestos that is as short as a summer job. We also represent spouses and family members who contracted mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos dust while washing their fathers' or husbands' clothes.

Can asbestos cause my type of lung cancer?

Asbestos can cause all types of lung cancer and mesothelioma. Asbestos exposure causes pleural mesothelioma, peritoneal mesothelioma, bronchogenic carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, non-small cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, oat cell carcinoma and large cell carcinoma. If you or a loved one has worked with or around asbestos and has been diagnosed with any form of lung cancer or mesothelioma, there is a strong possibility that asbestos contributed to causing the disease.