Like I said, the CDC bases their numbers on estimates from a computer program. They classify the death of ANYONE that has EVER smoked as a smoking related death. Whether that person was 70, 80, 90 years of age or over or whether that person was 25 years of age..
I don't have any numbers because you won't find a death certificate with the cause of death as "smoking".
Also, are you trying to tell me that filling your lungs with smoke and tar and nicotine is good for them? Furhtermore, please tell me why do so many smokers cough and wheeze and cant run as fast or as far or as long or uphill as non-smokers?
Don't put words in my mouth. In your opinion, are there other things that are legal that are as bad as smoking? Is there another vice/habit that provides money AGAINST itself by order of the government?
I'm sure that there are many things that are better for you than smoking. It has been proven that smoking can be a risk factor for certain health related problems. Environmental Tobacco Smoke hasn't been proven to harm ANYONE that doesn't have a pre-existing medical condition. Even as hard as they have tried.
As for smokers not being able to physically keep up with non-smokers - I know smokers that run half, and full, marathons. Not all, probably not many.
It's just like anything else, some are couch potatos and some are not.
I don't have any numbers
Enough said.....
As for smokers not being able to physically keep up with non-smokers - I know smokers that run half, and full, marathons. Not all, probably not many. It's just like anything else, some are couch potatos and some are not.
Ill take your challenge, any male, my age or older, who smokes a pack a day, and I challenge any woman, any age, who smokes a pack a day to a race for even moneyHow about bringing lots of money, all your money, to the Pikes Peak race held every August? If you dont make the cutoff, you forfeit your bet. Put your money where your mouth is.