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To: gitmo
Have we redefined "monopoly" to mean "largest market share"?

You mean as far as the Tobacco Company's go? RJ Reynolds is right up there, but PM is the biggest. Much to my dismay.

99 posted on 07/31/2002 6:13:16 PM PDT by SheLion
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To: Malleus Dei
and that no one has the right to injure another person's health by polluting the air in places open to the public.

Not that hoary ol' chestnut again! If you want to play in this forum, you should avoid making statements which you can't back up with facts, or you'll get creamed.

OK, here we go again:-

On average, it takes a male smoker over 50 pack years to develop lung cancer. Only 5% of ever-smokers will contract lung cancer, at all.

At the most, people exposed to second-hand smoke inhale the equivalent of 1% of the smoke inhaled by a smoker.

Therefore, on average, it would take over 5,000 pack years for a non-smoker exposed to SHS to contract lung cancer. For a female non-smoker, it would take a significantly lower 3,700 pack years.

You said in one of your posts that no matter what we said, we wouldn't change your position on smoke and smokers. In that case, your preaching, not conversing. Very righteous, oh "Hammer of God".

130 posted on 07/31/2002 8:18:31 PM PDT by I'm_With_Orwell
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