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In reply to the discussion: Just ban cigarettes already. Please. [View all]spin
(17,493 posts)49. True. I also like the e-cigs. I'm pufing (vaping) on one right now...
Of course, I will probably just trade one addiction for another. However it's not the nicotine in cigarettes that cause cancer but the hundreds of other chemicals.
Many mistakenly think nicotine causes cancer, rather than the smoke
Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking
Article Date: 05 Nov 2005 - 7:00 PDT
Women who smoke are more concerned about their habit and their ability to quit than men, yet both genders appear misinformed about smoking and its link to cancer. In a new study presented at CHEST 2005, the 71st annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), the majority of smokers mistakenly believed nicotine causes cancer, leading many to smoke "light" cigarettes because they believed them to be less harmful. Women also were more likely than men to have feelings of guilt, fear, and worry associated with tobacco use and quitting the habit.
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"People smoke to get the addictive drug, nicotine, but the drug alone does not cause cancer. The delivery system, a cigarette full of hundreds of toxic chemicals that are inhaled along with nicotine, does," said Ms. Reichert. "This misinformation leads many smokers to smoke 'light' cigarettes, thinking they will inhale less nicotine. In reality, smokers tend to smoke more light cigarettes and inhale more deeply to get nicotine from light cigarettes, resulting in a significant amount of harmful chemicals being inhaled."
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/33023.php
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What I'm saying is that the greater your exposure, the greater your chances
Major Nikon
Jan 2012
#102
By that standard driving drunk doesn't cause car crashes, shooting heroin won't kill you...
Saving Hawaii
Jan 2012
#97
Independent (non-statistical) evidence can settle whether correlation is related to causation
eridani
Jan 2012
#117
It takes very little time to induce cancer in lung cells with known carcinogens
eridani
Jan 2012
#121
wow. Do you also dispute the claim that human activity is a major contributor to climate change?
onenote
Jan 2012
#51
ok, i agree with much of what you post.. but this one is BS. look at the ass end of a filter.
dionysus
Jan 2012
#28
When you can keep that shit in your own lungs, you can smoke anywhere you want.
Zoeisright
Jan 2012
#32
why don't you pretend that it's banned, and then stop, if that's what you want?
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#7
You do NOT have the "personal freedom" to blow smoke out that I have to breathe.
rustydog
Jan 2012
#54
Or you could just quit using them being "not illegal" as an excuse to keep smoking them.
99Forever
Jan 2012
#10
Suggest people ban alcohol, and the 'freedom lovers' come out, talk about banning smoking and you
The Straight Story
Jan 2012
#34
When I still smoked cigs, I only did it outside and away from other non-smokers.
phleshdef
Jan 2012
#70
I don't care if you drink as long as you don't drive and kill me. I can sit next to
totodeinhere
Jan 2012
#45
There is substantial scientific documentation of the fact that second hand smoke is harmful.
totodeinhere
Jan 2012
#73
You are quoting notorious right winger and Fox News broadcaster John Stossel?
totodeinhere
Jan 2012
#82
John Stossel was working for ABC but left there and now works for Fox. And he is a right winger.
totodeinhere
Jan 2012
#104
There might be someone with an agenda here, but I don't think it's the CDC. n/t
totodeinhere
Jan 2012
#120
I switched to a high quality electronic cig over 2 years ago and have never looked back.
phleshdef
Jan 2012
#36
I smoked for 46 years, 2+ packs a day then I quit 4 years ago. Cold turkey. No patches or anything
Wistful Vista
Jan 2012
#77
The government is not, should not be, in the business of protecting you, or me, from ourselves.
Skip Intro
Jan 2012
#113
Because the first two Wars on Drugs (alcohol-1920s, cannabis-today) have gone so well......
LetTimmySmoke
Jan 2012
#115