The 9 Biggest Health Myths Debunked

[longknife]

How often have we heard these things? And how often have we gone ahead and ignored them anyway. Turns out we might just've been right.


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[Delta4Embassy]

"Smoking causes cancer." comes to mind.

For that to be true, every smoker would have to develop cancer. Not every smoker does, in fact less than 40% do. And whether they did due to the smoking, or woulda developed it anyway is impossible to determine due to the sheer number of carcinogens in industrialized societies.

 

[auditor0007]

"Smoking causes cancer." comes to mind.

For that to be true, every smoker would have to develop cancer. Not every smoker does, in fact less than 40% do. And whether they did due to the smoking, or woulda developed it anyway is impossible to determine due to the sheer number of carcinogens in industrialized societies.

Smoking does not cause cancer if you die of a heart attack first. Here's the bottom line on smoking. The average lifetime smoker has a shorter life than the average non-smoker, by about ten years. That's a fact.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

"Smoking causes cancer." comes to mind.

For that to be true, every smoker would have to develop cancer. Not every smoker does, in fact less than 40% do. And whether they did due to the smoking, or woulda developed it anyway is impossible to determine due to the sheer number of carcinogens in industrialized societies.

Smoking does not cause cancer if you die of a heart attack first. Here's the bottom line on smoking. The average lifetime smoker has a shorter life than the average non-smoker, by about ten years. That's a fact.

No it isn't. To be able to say that you'd need two perfect clones, one who smokes, one who doesn't. You'd need them to go through in a controlled enviroment so no other factors are in play.
The various claims about smoking are no different than the various absurdist claims about cannabis, political opposition, etc. It's propaganda. Think for yourself.