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Reply to "University of North Alabama to change campus smoking policy"

My mother was a tobacco addict, and it was her only vice.  I don't know how she had time to work, take care of her family and smoke so much.

 

Needless to say, the rest of the family was very disturbed, and this was a permanent source of concern to everyone in her life .  Only when she had a stroke, carotid's cleaned out and a heart attack @ 75 years old did she finally quit.  Then she lived to 91 years old with great doctors taking care of her.

 

Now, we refuse to smell cigarettes, and don't have a single friend that smokes.  I hate to be that way, but some chemical in cigarettes makes my blood pressure rise, my face get red and produces an instant headache.

 

What's not mentioned in the media is that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in the United States and worldwide. In the U.S., lung cancer is responsible for more deaths than from breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer combined.  158,683 deaths in 2007 were from cancer--85% caused by tobacco.

 

It doesn't take a smart person to understand that most of lung cancer can be avoided by abstinence.

Give me a 15% chance any day over an 85% chance.

 


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