Tabitha,
I am 51 year old female , never smoked drink only socially and rarely < one or two drinks per week. I was diagnosed with SCC in the L tonsil 12/11/02. Had a radical nect dissection due to the metastatic nodes 2. No one can really give me an answer as to why but i have talked to other survivors that never smoked or drank to excess. Interesting isn't it. Kathy