But I do have to make some note of one of your posts....... She points our how one is a major contributor to cervical cancer which is the second leading cancer killer of woman and a lot of it it is based on a viral STD.
She is refering to HPV and it needs to be remembered that HPV is the direct cause of more than 98% of all cervical cancers.
HPV (human papillioma (sp?) virus) is an STD that is generally only noticed in women because of it being the major cause of cervical cancer...........the word needs to be put out that men need to be checked for this virus as well.
Cervical cancer is NOT caused by smoking - it is caused by a virus that is tranferred through sexual relations and the so-called health industry needs to get over their obsession with cigarette smoking and do some good for a change (OK-there I've totally proved to those that have claimed it in the past I am a one-issue FReeper)
I had a wonderful sister-in-law who died in 1992 from the ravages of lung cancer which had started as cervical cancer. She contracted the cervical cancer as a result of HPV which she realized she contracted because of her promiscuous behavior in high school and in the years following. She was adamant that her daughter realize the dangers of that kind of lifestyle.
Her marriage to my brother was her second one. We loved her dearly and miss her still. It is important that kids realize the dangers of what they think is just fun behavior.