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smoking cigarettes
Category: Health > Conditions and Diseases Asked by: kn1cksk1ck1-ga List Price: $2.50 |
Posted:
20 Dec 2005 21:18 PST
Expires: 19 Jan 2006 21:18 PST Question ID: 608312 |
Is it possible to get cancer from smoking 2 ciggarettes a day for life? |
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Re: smoking cigarettes
From: pinkfreud-ga on 21 Dec 2005 10:31 PST |
It is possible to get cancer without smoking any cigarettes. Saying "get cancer from smoking 2 cigarettes a day" implies that it is possible to assign a precise cause to a cancer. That is not usually the case. Do some people who smoke 2 cigarettes a day get cancer? Undoubtedly. Were the cigarettes the sole cause of the cancer? There's no way to be certain. |
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Re: smoking cigarettes
From: canadianhelper-ga on 21 Dec 2005 10:36 PST |
This would be a never ending answer...but the short one is yes, since you asked if it is possible not absolute. Now...you could be talking about tongue/mouth/throat/lung etc. Here is one article to support a positive response to your question but you could find thousands... This one is from a study by the CDC that studied those that had smoked a minimum of 100 times in their life... (ie . less than 1 time a day as per your question) http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr//preview/mmwrhtml/mm5425a1.htm |
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Re: smoking cigarettes
From: bcguide-ga on 21 Dec 2005 13:33 PST |
Cancer is a disease with many causes, many of which are unknown. It isn't the same as polio, where one viral agent causes the disease. If it were that simple, there would be a cure or a vaccine. Some factors that seem to be related to getting cancer are carried in your genes. In addition to your genetic inheritance, there seem to be others related to exposure to environmental toxins. Inhaling the smoke from cigarettes does seem to be one of the contributing causes. This has been shown even when the smoke is coming from a "second hand" source. It seems reasonable to guess that if second hand smoke can irritate your lungs enough to produce a cancerous growth, then smoking -- even two cigarettes a day -- may raise your chances of developing cancer. Will you get cancer from two cigarettes a day? There are three pack a day smokers who live well into their nineties. There are people who never smoked who die from lung cancer in their twenties and thirties. There is no crystal ball to tell if you will be in the small statistical group who are not affected by smoke or smoking. There is plenty of evidence that smoking is a significant contributor to lung cancer deaths - and other cancers, lung diseases, heart diseases, stroke and other unpleasant physical changes. If you only smoke two cigartettes a day, your dependence on nicotine is not strong. Why take a chance on beating the odds when your life is on the line? Switch from two cigarettes a day to two carrots a day. You'll get the same oral stimulation without the smoke - and, unless you're allergic to carrots, they're good for you! |
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Re: smoking cigarettes
From: frde-ga on 22 Dec 2005 05:31 PST |
I detect a subsidiary question here. Two cigarettes per day are an unlikely consumption for a nicotine addict. The only two possibilities I can think of are as a morning laxitive (very effective) or a medium for evening relaxation. One has to take a few risks in life, the outcome is the same, but over indulgence may get one there sooner. |
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