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Originally Posted by Painted
It's funny reading this thread, as I smoke because it makes people crowd away from me.
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An interesting rationale for engaging in known cancer-causing behaviors.
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According to American Lung Association, about 1 in 8 smokers die from lung cancer. According to Harvard School of Public Health, the lifetime risk of a person who ever smoked developing lung cancer is approximately one in ten. But light smokers have less than half the risk as heavy smokers (heavy smoking being defined as more than 15 cigarettes per day), according to an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In contrast, the rate of getting lung cancer (in your life) if you have never smoked is less than one percent.
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Perhaps they'll give you a private room in the cancer ward. 
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