Reply #153: I find it amusing the posts about "I knew someone who died of lung cancer who didn't smoke"

[LynneSin]

Well guess what:

You can die of Cirrhosis of the liver and yet never have a drop of alcohol
You can die of Heart Disease and yet have the healthiest diet & exercise program


No one ever said that Lung Cancer was exclusive to smokers only - it's just an extreme increase in the chance of getting that or many other types of smoking related illness by continuing to smoke. And that's the same thing with the other 2 illness - if you drink or eat excessively your chances increase.

My father smoked and he died at age 41 of Lung Cancer. He wasn't particularly a heavy smoker, perhaps half a pack a day most days but he still got hit with pretty quickly. By the time the doctors realized what he had the cancer spread to his brain. He was diagnosed in October and died in January.

My uncle smoked too but never got lung cancer. Of course he had his jaw & tongue removed due to cancer. Nothing like living the rest of your life drinking your meals through a straw and having a permanent drool (I love my uncle - he finally quit after all these years).

Smoking is like playing Russian Roulette. Everyday everyone, whether they are smokers or not, plays 'Russian Roulette' in some way - talking on the cell phone while driving, ordering a double whopper from Burger King, heck jay-walking could be a risk to your life. Smoking is like taking that gun and adding in a few extra bullets. You may get lucky and survive but your chances are greatly increased for getting something.

If you smoke that's fine - whatever. But do me a favor, stop trying to justify it as something that 'isn't dangerous'. We're liberals here and we all know about how the Big Corporations promote propaganda in order to sell their product. Making dumbass posts about 'so-n-so got lung cancer and didn't smoke' is nothing more than you buying into Big Tobacco's lies