[raybbr]

None of us advocates smoking as a healthy choice in life, but there are a lot worse things adults can do with themselves. Cigarettes are a legal commodity. And no one can ever produce a death certificate that second hand smoke ever killed ANYONE!

Has smoking ever been put on a death certificate as the cause of death?

[SheLion]

Has smoking ever been put on a death certificate as the cause of death?

Never!  We have been trying like crazy for someone to produce a death certificate stating that smoking was the cause of death.  Or even second hand smoke.  But to no avail. 

When the Federal Coroner signs a death certificate, he can not, under his oath, sign this document that smoking and shs was the cause of death, because to this day, there is no proof.

Sure, smoking might have contributed to a person's death, but there are many other factors involved.  Was the person obese?  An alcoholic?  Was he a couch potato?  Was he predestined to having cancer because of generics?  A lot comes into play and one cannot just blame the death on smoking.

Guaranteed, it might have been a contributing factor, but smoking can not be the sole blame for a person's death.

Smokers far outlive an obese person.  Smoking isn't good but neither is being obese.

But smoking is legal and over eating is legal.  Each person has to be responsible for themselves.  But smokers and the obese are not criminals!

[SheLion]

Has smoking ever been put on a death certificate as the cause of death?

Read my post #16