Smoking

[Anton]

I'm told that half of all smokers will die from smoking. I used to hear that a third of smokers died from smoking, but now they say half. Either tobacco has become significantly deadlier in the past couple of years or the statistics can be interpreted more freely than we are lead to believe. Anyway, the figure of the day is that half of smokers die from smoking. I infer the other half are nagged to death.

[killa]

[tribal_tiger]

I thought smoking killed hardly anyone, it's the smoking related illnesses that are a bugger!
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[techierob]

I'm guessing that all smokers will die eventually.
Speaking from personal experience, I've got a rather large extended family where the smokers far outnumber the non-smokers on both sides. Out of sixty-seventy aunties, uncles and cousins, two have died of possible smoking related conditions when in their seventies (emphysema and bile duct cancer) and one is terminally ill with an alleged smoking-related cancer (liver&pancreas) and he's pushing 66.
The mortality rate among the non-smokers is significantly higher, but I'm sure this is just a statistical anomally. I'm certain the government wouldn't lie or exaggerate just to push their opinions on to us

[Mudskipper]

I've been wondering about this. So say smoker Joe Bloggs dies age 60 of smoking related disease.

What if, even if he'd not smoked, he died age 61 of, say, bowel cancer? So just because he'd avoided the smoking-related stuff, doesn't mean the other stuff will leave him alone, does it?

Ok another example, Jill Bloggs dies in a bike crash aged 45. What if, even if she never rode a bike, she died aged 46 of breast cancer?

This 'what if' doesn't matter, as she'll be added to the bike deaths statistics, just like Joe gets added to the smoking deaths statistics.

Of course we know smoking isn't a great idea, but the government warnings of 'IF YOU SMOKE, YOU WILL DIE HORRIBLY AND SOON' need to be taken with a pinch of salt.

Mudskipper
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[Mary Jane]

This is from an advertising campaign they do over here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRHvZazd4IM

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[Teaman]

STATISTICS CAN KILL

or seriously harm your baby.


If you want to smoke, smoke. just take the fact that it is rather bad for you into consideration. the tar clogs up your viens, you could get cancer (anyone can get cancer now adays, your just a slightly higher risk)

there is always going to be adverts ment to shock you into stopping but its your choice at the end of the day.
we ride bikes, (high risk of causing death if used badly)
we ride pretty well unprotected though all sorts of traffic fumes,(high risk of getting all sorts of stuff.
basicly if your ride a bike and smoke your absolutely stuffed.

statisticly people are more likely to die in there homes I believe, so the staying in bed and not getting up idea doesnt work, so we go out to lesten the chance and whilst sparking up we get hit by a bus driven by a biker on a mobile phone.

lifes a bit upradictable like that, live it how you wish, just take others into account
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[bennett211085]

I quit smoking alltogether bout a month ago after 7 years of smoking, and to be honest I dont really feel any healthier.

[jay_666]

Here's an interesting statistic:

100% of people who breath oxygen die!


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[Teaman]

[Ste]

Smoking tobacco cigarettes should be made illegal.

[stinkwheel]

[Anton]

[Walloper]

[pd666]

to treat smoking related illness per year in the uk

£1.7 billion

revenue gained by the goverment from smokers per year in the uk

£7.3billion

can you see them banning tobbacco ?
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