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...I am not making you pay jackcrap for medicare for me, nor am I indigent, nor I have I spent all my money on "my habit" or its results...I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING UP MEDICAL RESEARCH MONEY...

Perhaps you, personally, aren't yet, nor, if you are lucky, ever will... However, a number of your fellow smokers are doing so.

FYI: My cousin died of cancer 3 years ago at 53 years old. Her death bed words to her 24 year old daughter were: I never smoked,... My aunt died at 44 years old of lung cancer. She, nor anyone in her family smoked...

I am sorry for your loss. Unfortunately, I have lost several aunts, uncles and cousins to cancer, all of whom smoked. Your point, which appears to be that smoking is not tied to cancer, is not made statistically because you can cite a few exceptions. I suggest you consult the CDC statistics in this area and you will find a far different picture.

"I suggest you consult the CDC statistics in this area and you will find a far different picture."

Don't be ridiculous! I have consulted ALL the statistics. Clearly, YOU have not. I regurgitated several during the course of this thread, & there are many other links that have also been sighted on this thread. Check THEM out.