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To: Lester Moore
I wish the other smokers would stop the denial at least. Smoking is a health hazard.

I dont know any smokers who denies there is a health risk, but there are many risks around...... breathing car fumes being one of thousands.

203 posted on 08/24/2002 7:39:35 AM PDT by Great Dane
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To: Great Dane; Lester Moore
 I wish the other smokers would stop the denial at least. Smoking is a health hazard.

What isn't!

Hospitals challenged by obese patients

Since the act of eating a fast-food cheeseburger involves a series of voluntary behaviors -- you must decide you want McDonald's, you must go there, you must take money from your pocket and you must lift the burger to your lips -- it's hard to see how anything that comes from eating that cheeseburger could be someone else's fault.

Surgeon general warns obesity may overtake tobacco as leading preventable killer

Three hundred thousand people die each year due to obesity-related causes. In terms of dollar amounts, the study found that obesity raised healthcare costs by an average of $395 a year, while smoking increased costs by $230 and heavy drinking is associated with a $150 annual increase. click here

The Feds: Terrorizing With Fat

AND OBESITY THREATEN U.S. HEALTH GAINS
Communities Can Help Address the Problem, Surgeon General Says

  click here

The list goes on and on.

234 posted on 08/24/2002 10:53:10 AM PDT by SheLion
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