Responding to the smoking question

[u/ThisSelection7585]

Any advice on how to respond when someone thinks/asks if I smoked. I never smoked, I detested the idea of smoking and resent the question. Of course it’s only been from two people who hardly knew me and it is probably because they’re puzzled too about this. I don’t feel there was any malice but the implication sets me off. Maybe not everyone reacts that way. However I would love a great way to succinctly educate that there’s a lot of lung cancer that’s not due to a smoking history and convey that it could be offensive (it is to me) to some yo imply smoking so that they’re aware of that. I know there’s lots more to be concerned about 😁

[u/AmazonMAL]

Non smokers have up to a 20% chance of getting lung cancer depending on risk factors and exposures.

I said this wrong. Up to 20% of lung cancers are non smokers.