Let me tell you something: like I said, I started smoking at age 16 (peer pressure).
Later in my mid 20's, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. 21.5 inches long and 8lb 12 oz! Perfect health.
My hubby and I both smoked and our daughter never had any of the above sicknesses. The only thing she ever had was German measles. And you sure can't get German measles from smoking!
She joined with me in taking a good dose of vitamin c every day and she never even caught a cold.
So your argument is that if one person doesn't get sick from cigarettes then it's safe for everybody?
Check this out from the American Council on Science and Health
http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.346/pub_detail.asp
>>In this report the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) evaluates the large body of evidence that exists regarding the health effects of ETS. ACSH's analysis yields the following conclusions:
* Irritation of the eyes, nose, and respiratory tract is the most common and firmly established adverse health effect associated with exposure to ETS.
* Exposed infants and children, in particular, are at increased risk of respiratory infections, middle-ear effusion (fluid inside the eardrum), and the exacerbation of asthma and other respiratory symptoms.
* Exposed adults are at increased risk for respiratory ailments; ETS may aggravate the symptoms of preexisting asthma and emphysema.
* Extensive epidemiological evidence indicates that ETS exposure is a weak risk factor in the development of lung cancer in nonsmokers regularly exposed to ETS in the workplace and/or at home.
* Epidemiological evidence also suggests that ETS is a weak risk factor for heart disease in nonsmoking spouses of smokers and in nonsmokers regularly exposed to ETS in the workplace and/or at home.
* Other reported links between ETS and chronic disease (breast cancer, cervical cancer, and leukemia, for example) have not been scientifically established and are not addressed in this report. <<