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[quote=Anonymous]You might or might not die from a smoking-related illness. I believe that something like only 20% of smokers get lung cancer, and a really large percentage of people with lung cancer never smoked.

Take my 87 year old aunt. She has been a heavy smoker her entire adult life -- needed a cigarette break every 20 minutes like clockwork, smoked 2.5-3 packs a day. She is still alive, and has never gotten cancer. She had a massive stroke a couple years back and is still alive and not in the hospital. I think the smoke basically tanned her inside and out like beef jerky. Whatever she eventually dies of, it would be hard to say that smoking has shortened her life in any significant way.

So you may have great genes like my aunt and somehow smoke however many cigars a day and still avoid cancer. And you might also be horribly unlucky and get lung cancer even if you never smoke. You can't control your genes, and you can't control bad luck.

But you can control a known risk factor for cancer, emphysema, heart disease, wrinkles, yellow teeth, bad breath, and social opprobrium. So why would you knowingly increase your risks? If it turns out that you're one of the ones who gets cancer, well, too late at that point to go back and undo your risk factors.[/quote]

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