I think his statistics were wrong. He says that hi...

2008-02-12T02:44:00.000-08:00

I think his statistics were wrong. He says that his chance of getting lung cancer is 24% or 40% higher than that of a non-smoker. But I think the figure is now known to be a lot higher. According to Wikipedia's article on lung cancer, only about 10% of people with lung cancer are non-smokers!

He doesn't mention heart disease and other diseases of the cardiovascular system, which are a bigger risk than lung cancer.

Also, it is now known that quitting smoking fairly quickly reduces your chances of developing smoking-related diseases.

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I think his statistics were wrong. He says that hi...