Smoking May Increase Risk For Lung Disease
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 12:10
in Health & Medicine
Despite the culture war on smokers, the idea that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer or lung disease is largely a myth. Anti-smoking groups are a multi-billion dollar industry on their own and continued marketing is a key part of maintaining the revenue stream but only 10% of smokers get lung cancer and 50% of lung cancer victims never smoked. However, cigarette smoking is obviously not good for you so you shouldn't do it, and work continues to determine how smoking impacts risk factors for diseases. read more