[Gabz]

....study of 116,000 women found a 32% increase in breast cancer rates among smokers.

A 32% increase is statistically insignificant. To achieve statistical significance the % increase must be between 200% and 300%.

Let me ask you a question: Which would you find more scary: exposure/consumption to a substance that has a 19% increase of risk for a disease or a 65% increase for the same disease?????

Please remember my original statement about statistical significance.

[Alter Kaker]

A 32% increase is statistically insignificant. To achieve statistical significance the % increase must be between 200% and 300%.

You don't know what you're talking about. Retake basic statistics. In 116,000 women, a 32% increase in a common disease like breast cancer is statistically significant. That's why the sample size is so large.