I believe bladder cancer is the second leading cancer among smokers. I smoked a pack a day (average) for probably 40 years and I got bladder cancer. Of course that doesn't mean that all smokers get bladder cancer (or any cancer for that matter - heck, some don't get sick at all). And, on the other hand, not every person who get bladder cancer (or lung cancer, for example) is or was a smoker. The late Senator Ted Kennedy's daughter died of lung cancer and she never smoked. So, it's all a crap shoot in the end, it seems to me. I think my chances of getting cancer, especially of certain kinds, goes up if I am a smoker. As a side note, the nurse at my clinic where I get tested said she rarely sees the bladder cancer come back on people who once smoked but since quit when they had the tumor removed. I have quit. I stopped the day they removed the tumor and, as of yesterday (seven years now), I am cancer free. Needless to say, despite my still thinking about cigarettes, I am not going back to smoking.
08/16/16 - TURBT - 1 tumor, T1HG, 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 1.8 cm, non-invasive papillary.
BCG treatments (15 doses total - last March, 2018). As of latest cysto, As of May 4, 2023 - cancer free!