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Did he have the type of lung cancer that is common with asbestos exposure?

People get lung cancer all the time having never smoked.

[smt88 → refurb]

Less than 15% of lung cancers occur in people who haven't smoked. A lot of the rest of the risk is radon.

It's not unreasonable to think there might be a connection.

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As others have mentioned asbestos increases the risk of a very specific type of lung cancer.

People don’t seem to realize that there isn’t a cause for every case of cancer. Sometimes you just get cancer even having never been exposed to any risk factors.

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Asbestos is linked more with mesothelioma.

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The cancer most associated with asbestos (mesothelioma) is not actually the most common type it causes (bronchogenic carcinoma).

EDIT: Removed my qualifier as this directly refutes several child comments.