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To: CSM

http://faculty.washington.edu/kepeter/118/notes/lung-diseases.htm

Cigarette Smoking:

10-25X greater risk of developing lung cancer (deeper types with filter cigarettes)
even higher risk to women


540 posted on 06/03/2004 8:25:41 AM PDT by cinFLA
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To: cinFLA; Judith Anne

smoking - increases risk of asthma by 2X
obesity - 3X higher risk if person is 35% overweight



See, I can take unproven claims from their site and post them too. Now, do you agree that obesity is a much bigger problem than tobacco? Should we ban all food not approved by the federal government?


541 posted on 06/03/2004 8:30:40 AM PDT by CSM (Liberals may see Saddam's mass graves in Iraq as half-full, but I prefer to see them as half-empty.)
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