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In reply to the discussion: I hate cigarettes, hate cigarette smoke, and wish no one smoked them... [View all]kwassa
(23,340 posts)120. And why do you chose not to?
Do you think you are exempt from the negative health impacts of smoking?
Having free will does not prevent one from making very bad decisions.
from the CDC.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/
Overview
Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. Smoking causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers in general.1
Smoking and Death
Smoking causes death.
The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for an estimated 443,000 deaths, or nearly one of every five deaths, each year in the United States.2,3
More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.2,4
Smoking causes an estimated 90% of all lung cancer deaths in men and 80% of all lung cancer deaths in women.1
An estimated 90% of all deaths from chronic obstructive lung disease are caused by smoking.1
Smoking and Increased Health Risks
Compared with nonsmokers, smoking is estimated to increase the risk of
coronary heart disease by 2 to 4 times,1,5
stroke by 2 to 4 times,1,6
men developing lung cancer by 23 times,1
women developing lung cancer by 13 times,1 and
dying from chronic obstructive lung diseases (such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema) by 12 to 13 times.1
Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease
Smoking causes coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States.1
Cigarette smoking causes reduced circulation by narrowing the blood vessels (arteries) and puts smokers at risk of developing peripheral vascular disease (i.e., obstruction of the large arteries in the arms and legs that can cause a range of problems from pain to tissue loss or gangrene).1,7
Smoking causes abdominal aortic aneurysm (i.e., a swelling or weakening of the main artery of the bodythe aortawhere it runs through the abdomen).1
Smoking and Respiratory Disease
Smoking causes lung cancer.1,2
Smoking causes lung diseases (e.g., emphysema, bronchitis, chronic airway obstruction) by damaging the airways and alveoli (i.e., small air sacs) of the lungs.1,2
Smoking and Cancer
Smoking causes the following cancers:1
Acute myeloid leukemia
Bladder cancer
Cancer of the cervix
Cancer of the esophagus
Kidney cancer
Cancer of the larynx (voice box)
Lung cancer
Cancer of the oral cavity (mouth)
Pancreatic cancer
Cancer of the pharynx (throat)
Stomach cancer
Smoking and Other Health Effects
Smoking has many adverse reproductive and early childhood effects, including increased risk for
infertility,
preterm delivery,
stillbirth,
low birth weight, and
sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).1,8
Smoking is associated with the following adverse health effects:8
Postmenopausal women who smoke have lower bone density than women who never smoked.
Women who smoke have an increased risk for hip fracture than women who never smoked.
Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. Smoking causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers in general.1
Smoking and Death
Smoking causes death.
The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for an estimated 443,000 deaths, or nearly one of every five deaths, each year in the United States.2,3
More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.2,4
Smoking causes an estimated 90% of all lung cancer deaths in men and 80% of all lung cancer deaths in women.1
An estimated 90% of all deaths from chronic obstructive lung disease are caused by smoking.1
Smoking and Increased Health Risks
Compared with nonsmokers, smoking is estimated to increase the risk of
coronary heart disease by 2 to 4 times,1,5
stroke by 2 to 4 times,1,6
men developing lung cancer by 23 times,1
women developing lung cancer by 13 times,1 and
dying from chronic obstructive lung diseases (such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema) by 12 to 13 times.1
Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease
Smoking causes coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States.1
Cigarette smoking causes reduced circulation by narrowing the blood vessels (arteries) and puts smokers at risk of developing peripheral vascular disease (i.e., obstruction of the large arteries in the arms and legs that can cause a range of problems from pain to tissue loss or gangrene).1,7
Smoking causes abdominal aortic aneurysm (i.e., a swelling or weakening of the main artery of the bodythe aortawhere it runs through the abdomen).1
Smoking and Respiratory Disease
Smoking causes lung cancer.1,2
Smoking causes lung diseases (e.g., emphysema, bronchitis, chronic airway obstruction) by damaging the airways and alveoli (i.e., small air sacs) of the lungs.1,2
Smoking and Cancer
Smoking causes the following cancers:1
Acute myeloid leukemia
Bladder cancer
Cancer of the cervix
Cancer of the esophagus
Kidney cancer
Cancer of the larynx (voice box)
Lung cancer
Cancer of the oral cavity (mouth)
Pancreatic cancer
Cancer of the pharynx (throat)
Stomach cancer
Smoking and Other Health Effects
Smoking has many adverse reproductive and early childhood effects, including increased risk for
infertility,
preterm delivery,
stillbirth,
low birth weight, and
sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).1,8
Smoking is associated with the following adverse health effects:8
Postmenopausal women who smoke have lower bone density than women who never smoked.
Women who smoke have an increased risk for hip fracture than women who never smoked.
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I hate cigarettes, hate cigarette smoke, and wish no one smoked them... [View all]
TheWraith
Jan 2012
OP
I've been annoying non-christians for years trying to save their souls from burning/death
The Straight Story
Jan 2012
#6
Smoke is not an allergen and doesn't contain any allergens. sarcasm tag not needed. eom
TransitJohn
Jan 2012
#96
True, but then again, alcohol prohibitionists certainly considered "social costs" of alcohol abuse
markpkessinger
Jan 2012
#107
My downstairs neighbors smoke and so I can't open my door or front windows in the summer.
Guy Montag
Jan 2012
#24
Would you feel the same if your neighbor was a sculptor who put a smelting operation in his backyard
Texas Lawyer
Jan 2012
#26
Nicotine is an almost entirely benign drug, it's the tar and other shit that kills.
Lance_Boyle
Jan 2012
#55
Like I said, I don't really understand the whole e-cig thing. As such I haven't taken a position
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#66
As well as driving, which isn't a vice, but still causes most of our actual air pollution
Lionessa
Jan 2012
#36
We all piss in our water supplies. Have been doing it for a million years.
Wistful Vista
Jan 2012
#67
What do we do about lawn mowers that emit millions of times more pollutants than cigs?
Wistful Vista
Jan 2012
#69
Lawn mowers are generally not allowed where cigarette restrictions are in place.
onehandle
Jan 2012
#73
Ah, I see. Those emissions from internal combustion engine do not travel through the air.
Wistful Vista
Jan 2012
#75
I certainly don't support banning them. We have enough unenforceable laws as it is.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#46
As long as it's illegal to attempt suicide, there's no rational basis for cigarettes being legal
theAntiRand
Jan 2012
#49
A gunshot to the head is on whole different level of risky behavior. Most smokers don't die
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#92
anti smoking propaganda was paid for by Big Pharma to sell nicotine patches
divide_and_rule
Jan 2012
#57
I'm on my way to your home with an open container filled with radioactive isotopes.
onehandle
Jan 2012
#74
... and I'm an adult with free will who can choose what he wants to do with his life...
harmonicon
Jan 2012
#102
The smokers would be in the bar and/or the smoking area if the crusade was called off.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#93