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Posted on 07/10/2006 12:47:50 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - If current trends hold, tobacco will kill a billion people this century, 10 times the toll it took in the 20th century, public health officials said Monday.
Tobacco accounts for one in five cancer deaths, or 1.4 million deaths worldwide each year, according to two new reference guides that chart global tobacco use and cancer. Lung cancer remains the major cancer among the 10.9 million new cases of cancer diagnosed each year, according to the Cancer Atlas.
Reducing tobacco use would have the greatest affect on global cancer rates, health officials said. Improving nutrition and reducing infection by cancer-causing viruses and bacteria could also cut rates dramatically, they said.
"We know with cancer, if we take action now, we can save 2 million lives a year by 2020 and 6.5 million by 2040," said Dr. Judith Mackay, a World Health Organization senior policy adviser.
The new Cancer Atlas and updated Tobacco Atlas were released Monday at a International Union Against Cancer conference. The American Cancer Society published the two atlases with help from the Union, WHO and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Even if smoking rates decline worldwide, there will be a constant or even slightly increasing number of smokers due to population increases," said Michael Eriksen, director of the Institute of Public Health at Georgia State University.
An estimated 1.25 billion men and women smoke cigarettes now, according to the Tobacco Atlas.
News flash! Everybody (well, most everybody) living right now will die this century!
News Flash--new label--dying can be hazardous to your health.
Then they'll be complaining that all those folks who would have died are eating too much and using too many resources.
The local McDonald's has never complained about me using too many of their resources and likely never will. :)
If you're crossing the street and hit by a bus whilst smoking, it's a "tobacco-related death."
Dang smokin' buses anyways!
"I'll accept the 1 billion dead from smoking because it will stop them from their incessant, mind numbing, hysterical whining about how they were duped by BIG TOBACCO."
Here's where I differ with both sides. I do feel that the deaths get exaggerated. However, as someone said before, it's a personal choice and they weren't "duped" by Big Tobacco.
Or develop a safe cigarette.
Those candy ones work okay.
Every one who drinks water and was born in the 20th Century will die in this Century barring major medical advancements. We are talking at least 6 BILLION people here.
Ban Water.
Oh crap!
Tax money down the rat hole.
Nah, the giant kangaroo has it in his pocket. Ask Sylvester.
Is this not the same organization that believes in abortion on demand and cries overpoplulation every chance they get?
They're experimenting with new methods of population control. The alien abduction thing wasn't too popular.
I think the Camaro is worse becuase you'll get less chicks.
Those hens are getting more protective these days.
Geez, I sound like termites or cockroaches or something...
Well, geez, sounds like you and Minnie got a little frisky.
You'll have to have a tug of war with the bureaucrats though.
bogus numbers out of their butts and think we can't smell the associated stink.
Which butts?
This looks like a job for . . . CAPTAIN HYPERBOLE!
Smoking changed him from Captain CalmBole to his current alias.
How about a million billion people? Captain hyperbole told me it killed a million billion people. It must be true.
NO WAY! It's a gazillion bajillion people! The four-year-old neighbor told me that and she's never told a lie yet!
Still tempted by the occassional cigar though.
Is Fidel trying to hypnotize you?
We know with cancer, if we take action now, we can save 2 million lives a year by 2020 and 6.5 million by 2040,"
Liars!!! They will die. We all will whether cancer, accident, whatever. How can they say save 2 million lives and 6.5 million by 2040. Which worldwide is not that much anyway.
I've never had a Cuban cigar. A couple of Spanish cigars though that I thought were nice and smooth. I'm not much in to the Tobacco Zeplins I've seen some folks huffing down on. Give me a nice gauge 12 hand rolled with a sweet after taste to it and I'd be happy as a clam.
I've never had a Cuban cigar. A couple of Spanish cigars though that I thought were nice and smooth. I'm not much in to the Tobacco Zeplins I've seen some folks huffing down on. Give me a nice gauge 12 hand rolled with a sweet after taste to it and I'd be happy as a clam.
Give me a lollipop and I'm happy.
I am lighting up as I type this in honor of this post.
There, I feel so much better now.
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