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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You can tout studies till you're blue in the face. If what those "studies" say about second hand smoke were accurate (in the sense that they conveyed to the average person his actual chance of getting cancer from a nearby cigar now and again), we'd all have cancer.
According to "govt studies," most of us should be dead. Second hand smoke is not a huge risk, and taht is exactly why, no matter how many studies you might offer me, or how much Sidd will "2" you on the issue, it will always sound absurd for people to say "second hand smoke causes cancer."
It sounds absurd.
Does it happen? Sure, to a degree remarkably infrequent.
Ask an onc how many patients he/she has seen over the years who got lung cancer ascribable to ssecond hand smoke (not industrial second hand smoke).
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Unless the only reason you eat healthily and exercise is pure vanity, you are totally inconsistent. Eating right and exercising does not ensure you will never get sick. It increases your chances of not getting sick, and improves your quality of life. Similarly, inhaling second-hand smoke increases your chances of getting cancer (though it does not ensure you will get cancer) and can make quality of life worse.
I would think you'd be too busy spraying asbestos insulation into the kid's stroller for winter (if breathing asbestos fibers ensured getting asbestiosis, everyone would have it!) and pouring radium into the bottles because it's cool how it makes the milk all glowy to post.
