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by 8fingerlouie 240 days ago
There has been proven a link between smoking cessation and an increased risk of autoimmune diseases [1].

Maybe something related is going on when you quit working with something like asbestos, and once you "settle down", your body is no longer under constant attack, so cancers happen ?

[1]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17153844/