are a former smokers lungs black?
A smokers lungs are generally as pink and healthy as a non-smokers lungs, and last year in the UK, half of all lungs used in transplants came from smokers. The 'black lung' is, in fact, a cancerous lung. If a smoker gets lung cancer, yes, the lung will turn black. If a non-smoker gets lung cancer, his lung will also turn black. Trying to label a cancerous lung and a smokers lung as one and the same thing is just more downright dishonesty from the anti-smoking movement. âDr.