Most people would be lying if they said the C-word doesn’t scare them. Along with that fear comes some common generalizations, including that lung cancer only affects smokers. However, new research found that what you eat could be raising your lung cancer risk by up to 44 percent.

Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), lung cancer “is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, accounting for the highest mortality rates among both men and women.”

In the U.S., it’s the second most common cancer in both men and women, if you omit skin cancer (prostate cancer is the most common among men and breast cancer among women).

However, as the American Cancer Society (ACS) reports, “Lung cancer is by far the leading cause of

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