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To: Judith Anne; SheLion
That's one in every 800 that died directly of COPD. Not bad. One-eighth of one percent. I wonder if that's even statistically significant?

Buy yourself a calculator. That's not 1/800, that's 1/80 who died, in the period of the study, from COPD. That doesn't include many others who died of breast, lung, throat, testicular and mouth cancers, emphysema, heart disease, stroke or other smoking-related ailments. Nor does it factor in the fact that a quarter of the subjects developed COPD -- resulting in debilitation and a huge decrease in quality of life, but not death.

146 posted on 10/17/2006 6:07:16 PM PDT by Alter Kaker ("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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To: Alter Kaker

Okay, one in 80, my mistake. One in 80 does not impress me either.

I didn't post to you, and I don't care to hear your overly emotional screeching, so leave me alone.

I'm a retired nurse. Everyone dies of something. There are worse things than lung cancer.


152 posted on 10/17/2006 6:14:55 PM PDT by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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