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Radon Risk Compared to Smoking

Radon
Level
(PCI/L)
(a)
Lifetime Risk of Lung Cancer (per person) from
Radon Exposure in Homes (b)
Never
Smoked
Current
Smoker
General
Population
Cigarettes
per/day
20 3.60% 26.0% 11.0% 166
10 1.80% 15.0% 5.6% 81
8 1.50% 12.0% 4.5% 67
6 1.12% 9.1% 3.4% 49
4 0.73% 6.2% 2.3% 31
3.5 0.64% 5.5% 2.0% 27
3.25 0.60% 5.1% 2.4% 25
3 0.55% 4.7% 1.8% 23
2.5 0.46% 4.0% 1.5% 19
2.25 0.42% 3.6% 1.3% 16
2 0.37% 3.2% 1.2% 14
1.25 0.23% 2.0% 0.7% 8
0.4 0.073% 0.6% 0.2% 0

(a) Assumes lifetime exposures at these levels.
(b) Risks from EPA Web site
Assumes average cigarette consumption of 30 cigarettes per day
Assume risk of lung cancer increases or decreases on a linear per cigarette comsumption


http://www.epa.gov/docs/radon/risk_assessment.html

The cigarette per day comparison is for illustration purposes only. There have not been studies by the EPA or other groups which confirms the cigarette per day comparison. The EPA chart displays that a non smoker continually exposed to 3.2 pCi/L of radon gas has the same risk for Lung Cancer as a current smoker exposed to .4 pCi/L of radon gas. The average smoker smokes 30 cigarettes per day.
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