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Source: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Cigarette_Smoking.asp?sitearea=PEDHealth Effects of Smoking
About half of all Americans who continue to smoke will die because of the habit. Each year, a staggering 435,000 people die in the US from tobacco use. Nearly 1 of every 5 deaths is related to smoking. Cigarettes kill more Americans than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide, and illegal drugs combined.
Cancer
Cigarette smoking accounts for at least 30% of all cancer deaths. It is a major cause of cancers of the lung, larynx (voice box), oral cavity, pharynx (throat), and esophagus, and is a contributing cause in the development of cancers of the bladder, pancreas, liver, uterine cervix, kidney, stomach, colon and rectum, and some leukemias.
About 87% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women, and is one of the most difficult cancers to treat. It is very hard to detect when it is in the earliest, most treatable stage. Fortunately, lung cancer is largely a preventable disease. Groups that promote nonsmoking as part of their religion, such as Mormons and Seventh-day Adventists, have much lower rates of lung cancer and other smoking-related cancers.
Other Health Problems
But cancers account for only about half of the deaths related to smoking. Smoking is also a major cause of heart disease, aneurysms, bronchitis, emphysema, and stroke, and contributes to the severity of pneumonia and asthma.
Tobacco has a damaging affect on women's reproductive health. It is associated with reduced fertility and increased risk of miscarriage, early delivery (prematurity), stillbirth, and low birth weight in infants. It has also been linked to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Smoking has also been linked to a variety of other health problems, including cataracts, hip fractures, and peptic ulcers.
teacher said:Not enough choises. What about a indoor public place that offers seperate areas for smokers?
I guess you never figured out that when you die from smoking you die years sooner than you would had you not smoked?vergiss said:Wow, and there's me foolishly thinking that we all have to die eventually, regardless of how.
Non-Smokers can do it longer, they don't suffer from a shortness of breath that weakens their stamina....Quality, not quantity....new coup for you said:it's an issue of quality of life
smokers get laid more
i think that's worth 10 years
Non-Smokers can do it longer, they don't suffer from a shortness of breath that weakens their stamina....Quality, not quantity....
26 X World Champs said:I guess you never figured out that when you die from smoking you die years sooner than you would had you not smoked?
vergiss said:Sure, maybe Mr Smith died of lung cancer aged 65, but who's to say he wouldn't have been hit by a bus aged 66?
Let me guess? You're a smoker? I ask because IMHO I cannot imagine a non-smoker writing a post like yours. I find it chock full of rationalizations to justify hanging out with Mr. Nicotine.vergiss said:Personally, I have no desire to be a frail and senile 89-year-old. Just because you get an extra decade or so doesn't make it worthwhile.
Secondly, that's assuming you do die due to smoking. Last of all, how do you know that true, anyway? Sure, maybe Mr Smith died of lung cancer aged 65, but who's to say he wouldn't have been hit by a bus aged 66?
I meant the ban to be like it is here in NYC, all business establishments, public or private. That's what the poll signifies.Mark A Shrider said:If the ban only involves publicly own buildings such as the county courthouse or any other government building I'm OK with it. But, when it involves a privately owned business I have a huge problem with it.
...by the way; I am a non-smoker (but a former smoker)...
26 X World Champs said:Let me guess? You're a smoker? I ask because IMHO I cannot imagine a non-smoker writing a post like yours. I find it chock full of rationalizations to justify hanging out with Mr. Nicotine.
I want to remind you that ONE out of TWO smokers die from smoking related illnesses. You live, your spouse dies. You die, your brother lives.
My Mom is 85 and at times I wish she were senile! She's still the same pain in my butt she was when she was 45. Getting old does not mean that you stop living....nope, but getting cancer and dying is a guarantee you will stop living.
Do you think it's possible that if you're infirmed with cancer you might change your opinion about smoking when you finally realize what you've done to yourself? Would that be a deathbed confession?
26 X World Champs said:I meant the ban to be like it is here in NYC, all business establishments, public or private. That's what the poll signifies.
Mark A Shrider said:I was pretty sure that's what you meant since you used the word "establishment." However, you many others misuse the word "public."
I bet you support the Supreme Court's decision on Eminent Domain.
To tell you the truth I've not read enough about it to have an opinion, yet.Mark A Shrider said:I was pretty sure that's what you meant since you used the word "establishment." However, you many others misuse the word "public."
I bet you support the Supreme Court's decision on Eminent Domain.
26 X World Champs said:To tell you the truth I've not read enough about it to have an opinion, yet.
Have you noticed that as of this post the poll for this thread shows 71% are pro tough smoking regulations? Interesting how that is the same amount of people who are non-smokers in the USA. Translation? For the most part the only people who are against clean air indoors are smokers, most of whom are addicted to nicotine, they're drug addicts.
Do you think we should listen to drug addicts when enacting laws that protect innocent people from deadly poisons?
Can anyone out there give me positive reasons someone should smoke? I mean, what are the BENEFITS of smoking cigarettes?
26 X World Champs said:To tell you the truth I've not read enough about it to have an opinion, yet.
Have you noticed that as of this post the poll for this thread shows 71% are pro tough smoking regulations? Interesting how that is the same amount of people who are non-smokers in the USA. Translation? For the most part the only people who are against clean air indoors are smokers, most of whom are addicted to nicotine, they're drug addicts.
Do you think we should listen to drug addicts when enacting laws that protect innocent people from deadly poisons?
Can anyone out there give me positive reasons someone should smoke? I mean, what are the BENEFITS of smoking cigarettes?
new coup for you said:it's an issue of quality of life
smokers get laid more
i think that's worth 10 years
what i think is stupid is "no smoking signs"- you can't smoke ANYWHERE so why not have the few places that you can smoke be labeled "smoking" and everywhere else be considered nonsmoking by default.
Arch Enemy said:Yeah I'm sure that Mr. Bob with the hole in his throat in order to breath is a ladies man.
I always knew Chicks digged yellow teeth and robotic voices. /end sarcasm.
vergiss said:Maybe people enjoy it? Is that to hard to understand?
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