Question

cigarette-smoking is implicated in or is a known risk factor for the development of all of the following diseases, except: small cell lung cancer (sclc) chronic obstructive lung disease mesothelioma squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the risk factors for each disease:

• Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC): Strongly associated with cigarette smoking.
• Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Primarily caused by long - term cigarette smoking.
• Mesothelioma: Mainly caused by exposure to asbestos, not cigarette smoking.
• Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the larynx: Strongly linked to cigarette smoking.

So, Mesothelioma is the disease not caused by cigarette smoking among the given options.

Answer:

C. Mesothelioma