Not all smokers get cancer. The maximum figure is around 25%.
Second hand smoke in a killer only anectodally. All Scientific studies indicate otherwise.
Not all lung cancer victims are smokers.
Every human being, if they live long enough, will die of some form of cancer.
Actually, second hand smoke is getting kind of a bad rap here. At least it's cheaper.
Re-read my post, Einstein! I just said there was discussion about Reeve's career as a cabaret singer and her exposure to smoke. I didn't offer an opinion about the validity of the argument.
Not all smokers get cancer. The maximum figure is around 25%.
The largest grouping of lung cancer IN THE WORLD is Chinese women. They cook in oils over smokey fires.
Or emphysema if they smoke.
LOL!
Another MENSA candidate.
Not all smokers get cancer. The maximum figure is around 25%.--Publius6961 to Burkean
And that proves... ?
A causal relationship between smoking and cancer doesn't mean smoking alone is sufficient to cause cancer.
Second hand smoke in a killer only anectodally. All Scientific studies indicate otherwise.--Publius6961
Not true. (see below)
Not all lung cancer victims are smokers.--Publius6961
And that proves... ? That there are other causes of lung cancer, obviously.
From the Mayo Clinic website:
The problem of secondhand smoke: How it affects nonsmokersHealth experts have recognized the relationship between secondhand smoke and health risks for decades. The research exploring their connections is ongoing. However, some of the known or suspected risks include:
Cancer
... Experts believe that secondhand smoke is to blame for roughly 3,000 lung cancer deaths in nonsmokers each year in the United States. Some research indicates that people exposed to a spouse's cigarette smoke for several decades are about 20 percent more likely to have lung cancer. Those who are exposed long-term to secondhand smoke in the workplace or social settings may increase their risk of lung cancer by about 25 percent.
Heart disease
A 1999 report from the U.S. Surgeon General states that secondhand smoke is associated with up to 62,000 deaths from ischemic heart disease &emdash; heart disease caused by narrowing of blood vessels to the heart &emdash; in the United States each year.
Secondhand smoke causes increased cardiovascular risks by damaging blood vessels, decreasing your ability to exercise and altering blood cholesterol levels.
Little lungs, big impact: How secondhand smoke affects children
Secondhand smoke also may have a marked effect on the health of infants and children. Some conditions of concern are:
Asthma
Secondhand smoke may make asthma attacks more frequent and severe in children who already have asthma &emdash; up to 1 million each year.
Children with asthma who live with one smoker may be more than twice as likely to miss school because of a respiratory illness than are unexposed children without asthma. And if children with asthma live with two or more smokers, they may be more than four times as likely to be absent with respiratory illness.
Even children without asthma are 40 percent more likely to miss school with a respiratory ailment if they live with at least two smokers.
Secondhand smoke is also associated with up to 300,000 cases of bronchitis and pneumonia in infants and toddlers each year.
Middle ear conditions
Children living in households with smokers are more likely to have ear infections or fluid in their ears and are more likely to need surgically placed drainage tubes in their eardrums. Secondhand smoke may be a factor in more than 1 million children's visits to the doctor for middle ear infections every year.
Low birth weight and SIDS
Secondhand smoke is also associated with low birth weight. Low birth weight, in turn, has been linked to increased risk in adults of stroke, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes (formerly called adult-onset or noninsulin-dependent diabetes).
In addition, research indicates that if a mother smokes, her infant may have twice the risk of SIDS. The increased risk may be due to an infant's improper lung and brain development and an increased number of respiratory infections caused by smoking.