SmokingSmoking tobacco has not been directly linked to the development of mesothelioma or asbestosis, but it is linked to lung cancer. There is also a synergistic relationship between smoking and exposure to asbestos, and the development of lung cancer. Workers who were exposed to asbestos and who smoked or were exposed to second-hand smoke run a risk of getting lung cancer that is 50 to 90 times higher than that of the general population. According to the 1985 Surgeon General's report, The Health Consequences of Smoking: Cancer and Chronic Lung Disease in the Workplace, asbestos workers who smoked a pack or more a day are eighty-seven times more likely to die of lung cancer than the general nonsmoking public. This risk is eight times higher than other smokers and seventeen times higher than asbestos workers who did not smoke. The Firm has been and is active in the political and legal process of ensuring that a settlement with the tobacco industry includes adequate provision for the victims of asbestos and tobacco caused disease. For instance, Steven Kazan testified before Congress during the 1998 debate about Big Tobacco. Most of our practice is in asbestos litigation, so we have developed extensive knowledge about asbestos-related disease in particular and expertise in this area of the law. Please feel free to contact us or to review other parts of our website to find out more information about our office. More About Diseases: |
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