To: RedBloodedAmerican
I DO know the "basics" of cancer. Not all cancer of the lung is caused by smoking. People who live in large cities, and who have basements with radon also have higher rates of lung ca. Children get lung ca, even though they have been exposed to this earth for only a few years. Fact is we can only talk about increased RISKS for cancer. We havent found the CAUSE yet. If we knew that we could figure out why only 1 out of six smokers will die from a smoking related disease. I don't think you'll find anyone who will deny that cigarette smoking increases RISK in a smoker. But the RISK increase in a nonsmoker from ETS just isn't there. I can appreciate the reason behind non-smoking zealots trying to ban public smoking. They simply "don't like" smoking, and will lie, distort, demonize,and use the police power of government to eliminate that which they "don't like".
180 posted on
10/17/2003 4:06:13 PM PDT by
boop
To: boop
In 178 I clarified my term 'cause' with 'source'.
Maybe you should go into oncology.
To: boop
Thanks,boop,your post made my day!
185 posted on
10/17/2003 4:19:33 PM PDT by
Mears
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