[armydoc]

Question: If smoking cigarettes cause lung cancer, why is it that even though smoking is down over 50 percent, the incidents of lung cancer according to the CDC (Center for Disease Control), adjusted for population, is up? Huh? Huh?

Most likely explanation is that there is a lag time of up to 50 years for a lifelong smoker to develop lung cancer. Therefore, any recent drop in smoking rates won't be seen for a while.

And why does Japan have the lowest rate of heart diseases even though Japan has the highest per capita cigarette consumption in the world?

Heart disease is multi-factorial. Genetics, diet, smoking, excercise to name a few. But, hey, if you truly believe smoking won't hurt you, go for it. More job security for me.

[Mears]

"Most likely explanation is that there is a lag time of up to 50 years for a lifelong smoker to develop lung cancer."

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So the lag time for a non-smoker exposed to cigarette smoke in a bar is what? Up to 500 years,750 years?

The anti-smoking hysteria is mind boggling.