[Ditter]

You obviously have not read my previous posts if you think I have my head in a hole. I will not go back over it for you. Lung cancer or any cancer is not the biggie as far as I am concerned. Every person who smokes is NOT going to get cancer from it. Emphysema is the big tragedy of smoking & *every* smoker gets it. Emphysema has been the major killer either directly or indirectly in my family. If you have ever watched someone strangle on their own phlegm you would know what I mean.

[Bogey]

I have read your posts. You choose to make the focus of every one of your arguments smoking causes this and that.
We know your agenda.
Sadly, much of the public believes your spin. Too bad for them.
California continues to have massive respiratory ailments.
In spite of years of being smoke free. And supposedly one of the lowest smoking rates in the country.
This is what the public needs to get. People like you only attempt to fool the public into thinking if they don't smoke
they'll be just fine and never get sick.
The numbers aren't on your side.
But as long as smoking remains the only supposed reason for this, no hope remains for the majority with respiratory problems that don't smoke.
Sorry to pop your bubble, but no one who has lost relatives
to chronic diseases has a fun time watching it.
Many people with emphyesema don't smoke. Sadly, you don't seem to care why?
The American Lung Association clearly states that smoking doen not cause asthma, but asthma rates are escalating.
Why?
There is a much bigger problem causing these illnesses.
People like you only prevent the public from finding out what it is.
Which means massive amounts of non smokers continue to be baffled why they can't breathe. If they don't smoke, this shouldn't happen.
As smoking is banned in 90% of all public places, maybe you can explain it to them. The experts can't.
But for those of us that have seen these problems in our non smoking friends, we are sick of people like you slowing down the progress of finding out the truth.