[mugs99]

That's funny. not remotely accurate. But funny.

It's funny and accurate. The statistics game can be played from many angles. Statistics show that breast cancer rates have increased as smoking has decreased...But, let's put all of this in perspective.

Before the end of the year deadly hospital infections, those contracted by otherwise healthy individuals while hospitalized for even routine procedures, will claim over 100,000 lives. As the fourth largest killer of Americans, these hospital infections kill more people each year than AIDS, breast cancer, and traffic accidents combined.

Inhaling second hand smoke is safer than visiting your local hospital. I think the medical profession needs to clean up its own act before condemning smokers.
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[gondramB]

>>Inhaling second hand smoke is safer than visiting your local hospital. I think the medical profession needs to clean up its own act before condemning smokers.<<

Staph infections are a big problem as are medical errors. If medicine killed that many people without saving 20 times more medicine as we know it would likely be banned. Fortunately most people recognize smoking nicotine cigarettes as a choice people should be able to make as long as they don't force others to use the drug too.