Posted on February 19, 2010.
Where are the quantifiable data describing the dangers of smoking? for those 25 years have been telling me that there is "irrefutable evidence" of the health risks of smoking, but all evidence offered is baseless propaganda.
Where are the hard data? Where are the quantifiable evidence? (Qualitative analysis is meaningless without a quantitative analysis.)
Can you provide links to ANY significant data?
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles ...
Ding et al. Somatic mutations affect key pathways in lung adenocarcinoma. Nature DOI: 10.1038/nature07423
Some original historical studies:
STEINER PE, BUTT EM, HA Edmondson. Pulmonary carcinoma revealed at necropsy, with reference to the increasing incidence of hospital in Los Angeles. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1950 Dec; 11 (3) :497-510.
Clemmesen J. lung cancer, a pandemic. Dan Med Bull. 1954 Apr; 1 (2) :37-46.
Burch PR. Lung cancer and smoking: it is proof. Br Med J. 1976 September 11, 2 (6036) :640, 640.
R. Doll Landmark perspective: Smoking and death rates. JAMA. June 1, 1984, 251 (21) :2854-2857.
Wynder EL, GRAHAM EA. Smoking as a possible etiological factor in carcinoma of the bronchus, a study of 684 proven cases. J Am Med Assoc. 27 May 1950, 143 (4) :329-336.
R DOLL, AB HILL. Smoking and lung cancer; preliminary report. Br Med J. 1950 September 30, 2 (4682) :739-748.
R DOLL, AB HILL. A study of the etiology of lung cancer. Br Med J. 13 December 1952, 2 (4797) :1271-1286.
RB Scott. Some medical aspects of smoking. Br Med J. 1952 March 29, 1 (4760) :671-675.
Sadowsky DA, Gilliam AG, Cornfield J. The statistical association between smoking and lung cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1953 Apr; 13 (5) :1237-1258.
Hammond EC. Smoking in relation to lung cancer. Conn State Med J. 1954 Jan; 18 (1) :3-9.
Personally, I see smokers with severe vascular lesions they undergo multiple revascularization of their feet before eventually being cut. Many of them suffer from kidney failure, COPD and heart disease, too, in much greater proportions than non-smokers.
Did you know that smoking causes impotence # 1? (It's all about blood flow) When you're old and can not get up, think of me:)
THEY SAY Smoking makes you dumb.
This must be true, given the way in which you state your question.
Theres your proof. Do not Go IT smoking now ....................
OH LOOK AND GO to the composition of a cigarette, I say more ........
Wow, it's a little surprising to see such a hostile question about this in our time. The question of the harmfulness of cigarettes has been fairly well rested for more than two decades. There are hundreds of peer-reviewed medical literature on the subject. But whatever, you can go:
(All quotations are from related sources, which include search data save information.)
"The 1982 report of U.S. Surgeon General stated that" Smoking is the single leading cause of cancer mortality (death) in the United States. "
"Smoking accounts for at least 30% of cancer deaths."
"Based on data collected between 1995 and 1999, the CDC estimated that adult male smokers lost an average of 13.2 years of life and female smokers lost 14.5 years of life because of smoking. "
"The excess mortality associated with smoking chiefly involved vascular, neoplastic, and respiratory diseases that can be caused by smoking. Men born in 1900-1930 who smoked cigarettes and continued smoking died on average only 10 years younger than non- Smoking for life. "
"In 2008, postponed the CDC.
