Re: smoking: was global warming-- consensus?

November 3, 2003

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:03:14 -0700

Heidi Schuppenhauer <heidis@...> wrote:

>>I think this is a pretty bad analogy to global warming, but in terms of

>>smoking there are a variety of factors to consider, one being that

correlations

>>appear to exist in some countries and not others, which may have something to

do

>>with how the tobacco is cured, may have something to do with interactions with

>>the diet, etc. I think for a given person, a given diet, and a given

>>tobacco, smoking almost certainly increases the risk of lung cancer, but at

the same

>>time, it's quite clear that you can smoke and not get cancer, and that you can

>>get cancer and not smoke. There's too much contradicting evdidence too.

>>Rather than making the simplistic statement, " Smoking causes cancer, " more

>>research should be investigated with interactions with diet, the supposed

relation

>>to method of curing, etc.

>

>Sure. It gets real complex. But, if my kid started smoking, you can

>bet I'd try to get her to stop before she got addicted. I can look at the

health

>of smokers, the stink, their wrinkly skin, the cost, the junk they stick

>in cigarettes -- and I can say " kid, DO NOT smoke! " .

>

Just have her smoke air cured tobacco, or even premium cigars along with

an NT diet and she should be just fine, LOL!

I'm working on an article called, " The Pleasures of Smoking, " which I

hope is going to be run by a major well known magazine. I do delve into

some of the science behind the " smoking is bad for you " paradigm in the

article. I will post the link either way.

The Secret of Health

Stay away from the doctor, says Hein, MD.

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