Given what we know about cigarette smoking now, surely fewer people should end up dying from tobacco this century than last. Not so, according to the global public health data in the Cancer Atlas. If we keep up the current pace of global puffing — now 1.25 billion men and women — a billion will die worldwide from smoking this century, 10 times the number who did in the 20th century. Secondhand smoke gets all the ink these days, but what else should we be doing about firsthand smoke?
Posted by Rhonda Holman
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“what else should we be doing about firsthand smoke?”
Send a few million cases of free Marlboros to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, etc.
And the “cigarette made health problems” issue is ALL about politics. It’s nothing new that “science” is used to manipulate the facts.
Why don’t we do something about all the other ads like Viagra, Cialis, whatever that anti-piss-yourself stuff is, herpes meds, toenail fungus, all natural ‘male enhancement’, etc.Why in the hell do we need to advertise drugs that require a prescription? Couldn’t they save that money and pass the savings to the consumer?
Tracy, When you look at the incredible amount of money spent on prescription drugs, and then look at the gazillion dollars brought in by those ads to the drug copanies, you see it is the $’s.I agree that no prescription drugs should be advertised to the general public. How many times have you seen an ad and wondered what the hell the drug is really for?It is no small wonder that the drug industry is directly plugged into Congress. One needs only to look at the legislation that setup the drug cards to see their manipulations.
How many people drink alcohol?
When they say ciggarettes kill so many peole a year, it is because of lung disease, or that smoking is just an unhealthy habit that leads to an unhealthy lifestyle.
Practally all heavy smokers I know also drink a lot, they don’t eat healthy, and the never exercise. It just seems like smoking makes you lazy.
Quit in ‘89, won’t go to places that allow smoking. The converted are always the most fervent.Have an ex-wife that continues to suck them down, however. Maybe that’s why she’s an ex-wife.
The fact that the government gives millions to grow tobacco and millions to tell people its bad just shows how inept and stupid our officals are.
More people are going to die this century from pretty much any cause for one simple reason. There are more people. Perhaps Rhonda could bother to look at things from a statistical basis.
From the article, “”Even if smoking rates decline worldwide, there will be a constant or even slightly increasing number of smokers due to population increases,” said Michael Eriksen, director of the Institute of Public Health at Georgia State University.”
Well duh.
The AP story is misleading at best. Anybody seen a journalist around here? An editor maybe? Rational human being?
Epidemeologists usually use the number per 100,000 or 10,000 to describe rates of disease or deaths. This figure makes comparisons possible between places and periods of time.
I wonder why the groups in the AP article did not report these figures.
Did U.S. cigarette companies start exporting their goods more when all of the class action law-suits, etc. started having an impact on their business? Any one know about this issue?