Does smoking shorten lifespan? Mmm no it doesn't.

[Esmeralda]

Lung cancer and emphysema shorten life spans.

Sure, unfortunately for the hysterical anti-smoking clique though only about 40% of lung cancer patients smoked.

Not quite....

Facts about LUNG CANCER


"Smoking causes 87% of lung cancer"

Also, smoking isn't just about dying earlier: it is about quality of life as well as contributing to the development of other diseases. There is nothing good about smoking.

Is actually about half a dozen benefits to it. Used to prescribe ciggies. If you were an honest and impartial researcher you'd know these things.

"Tobacco use confers a small degree of protection against several diseases and conditions, described in the sections below. It is estimated that in 2004–05, tobacco use prevented about 148 deaths in Australia...

[conditions it treats or helps prevent]

Ulcerative colitis, Parkinson's disease, Endometrial cancer and uterine fibroids, Pre-eclampsia (hypertension in pregnancy, Thyroid cancer, Skin cancer.)

[Aids] Cognitive performance, Psychiatric symptoms.

Other possible health 'benefits'

There is some evidence that smokers44 and users of smokeless tobacco45 are less likely to develop aphthous stomatitis (common mouth ulcers). One recent study found that the possible protective effect of smoking was only present when there was heavy cigarette smoking or smoking for long periods of time (>5 years) and no significant associations were found between intensity or duration of smoking and clinical severity of aphthous stomatitis lesions.46 Transient increased incidence of mouth ulcers is commonly reported by individuals on quitting smoking."
3.28 Health 'benefits' of smoking? - Tobacco In Australia

Google 'health benefits smoking' if you wanna be right instead of political for a change.

Benefits to smoking? Who are you kidding? You are a complete fool.

 

[Esmeralda]

We die when our genes say we'll die. Has little to nothing to do with lifestyle factors like diet, exercise, smoking.

This is total, complete, unadulterated bullshit.

What some faceless coward says online means less than a glob of spit without evidence. Can say whatever you like dear. But your statements mean shit without evidence.

You are nuts, absolutely nuts.

 

[Esmeralda]

Having recently dealt with taking care of both parents who went through bouts with cancer as a result of smoking (one winning, the other losing), and all of the care and treatment that entails (surgeries, chemo, radiation therapy), I have read a fair bit on the subject and spoken to a number of oncologists, surgeons, cardiovascular specialist, and so on.

If this numb nuts, Delta, wants to project the dangerous sentiment that you are no more likely to develop cancer if you smoke, then let him. Maybe he will learn first hand what horrors cancer inflicts on the human body and the brutality of the treatments to fight it. I would wish such an ordeal on nobody, not even Delta.

But no medical doctor in his or her right mind that practices will ever agree with Delta dipshit. Prolonged smoking is about the worst thing that you can do to your body, as it affects not just your lungs, but also the tissues in your mouth, throat and wind pipe, your cardiovascular system, your metabolism, the health of your organs, and more. It is much more likely that smokers will suffer from heart attack,?stroke and complications from diabetes.

Delta is a fucking joke. It would be comical if he were not so fucking stupid and serious, and that did not involve such a serious disease.

The theme of the OP is the same as saying Hitler was a nice guy, just misunderstood.