[SheLion]

Question. Do you believe that there is NO link between smoking and lung cancer?

Smoking Does Not

Cause Lung Cancer

(According to WHO/CDC Data)*

By:  James P. Siepmann, MD

Yes, it is true, smoking does not cause lung cancer.  It is only one of many risk factors for lung cancer. I initially was going to write an article on how the professional literature and publications misuse the language by saying "smoking causes lung cancer"^1,2, but the more that I looked into how biased the literature, professional organizations, and the media are, I modified this article to one on trying to put the relationship between smoking and cancer into perspective. (No, I did not get paid off by the tobacco companies, or anything else like that.)

Article here

[T.Smith]

That means that even using the biased data that is out there, a USWM smoker has only an 8x more risk of dying from lung cancer than a nonsmoker.

That's still 8x more likely to contract a terrible disease that robs you of your ability to breath and causes great pain. Even if it's not 40-50x (I'm still not entirely convinced that it's not), that's still a tremendous increase in risk. How can it be worth it?

[exnavychick]

Thanks, She Lion. I like having the experts in my corner...or am I in theirs? LOL!

[paulat]

I can't believe the naysayers on this thread!!!

I am in FULL SUPPORT of ALL of the smokers...and I want them to smoke as much as they possibly can!!

NO ONE could want that more than I do.