Surgeon General: Even Just One Cigarette Can Kill You

[Obama 2012 1,714]

My god they are reaching... We should have half the population we have now... geez.

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http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/2010-12-09-1Asmoking09_st_N.htm?csp=34news

Even brief exposure to tobacco smoke causes immediate harm to the body, damaging cells and inflaming tissue in ways that can lead to serious illness and death, according to the U.S. Surgeon General's new report on tobacco, the first such report in four years.

While the report, out today, focuses on the medical effects of smoke on the body, it also sheds light on why cigarettes are so addictive: They are designed to deliver nicotine more quickly and more efficiently than cigarettes did decades ago.

ELSEWHERE: Foreign smoking warnings much more graphic

Every exposure to tobacco, from occasional smoking or secondhand smoke, can damage DNA in ways that lead to cancer.

"Tobacco smoke damages almost every organ in your body," says Surgeon General Regina Benjamin. In someone with underlying heart disease, she says, "One cigarette can cause a heart attack."

About 40 million Americans smoke — 20% of adults and older teens. Tobacco kills more than 443,000 a year, says the 700-page report, written with contributions from 64 experts.

Cigarette smoking costs the country more than $193 billion a year in health care costs and lost productivity.

Recent changes in the design and ingredients in cigarettes have made them more likely to hook first-time users and keep older smokers coming back, Benjamin says. Changes include:

•Ammonia added to tobacco, which converts nicotine into a form that gets to the brain faster.

•Filter holes that allow people to inhale smoke more deeply into the lungs.

•Sugar and "moisture enhancers" to reduce the burning sensation of smoking, making it more pleasant, especially for new cigarette users.

"This is the first report that demonstrates that the industry has consciously redesigned tobacco products in ways that make them even more attractive to young people," says Matthew Myers of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

David Sutton, a spokesman for Altria, parent company of Philip Morris USA, declined to comment until he had time to study the report.

[ghanagal 2]

Wow, makes me really want to quit!

[^_^ 5,021]

Wow, makes me really want to quit!

You should thank Paul for helping.

[Captain Oates 911]

It is a scientific fact that if you are in a space craft in an 80% oxygen atmosphere, lighting one cigarette can kill you

It is as indisputable as the earth being six thousand years old or -

---that tithing money is never used to buy private jets

Edited December 10, 2010 by Alan the Red

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Sorry to burst your bubble Paul, but it is a proven fact that EVERY person that EVER smoked, even ONE cigarette...DIED! 100% so far.

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

Sorry to burst your bubble Paul, but it is a proven fact that EVERY person that EVER smoked, even ONE cigarette...DIED! 100% so far.

conversely, those who haven't smoked died too. hmmm.

[Danno 1,228]

What can we take from this?

Don't smoke and don't even gather around a campfire or your very life will be shorted.

In fact research shows, lighting even one BBq grill can cause a heart attack as can entering someones home who has a fire place.

Don't say, you weren't warned!

[Captain Oates 911]

Smoking one cigarette at midnight when you are hiding in a gully in Afghanistan is very likely to get you killed.

Also in an explosives factory and a coal mine and in my car

Smoking a cigar and saying "I look like that fat ####### Limbaugh" can get you killed at my gun club

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

conversely, those who haven't smoked died too. hmmm.

You always have to spin the facts Charles!

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

You always have to spin the facts Charles!

i'm a closet democrat.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Smoking is good for you. It's just a government conspiracy to make you think otherwise.

[Captain Oates 911]

Smoking is good for you. It's just a government conspiracy to make you think otherwise.

I want more people to smoke, go to church, and join the army

That will leave the roads clear for me to motorbike on sunday

[Peikko 1,575]

Smoking is good for you. It's just a government conspiracy to make you think otherwise.

What is the government thinking allowing its citizens access to accurate information of the real and proper dangers of various activities so one can make an informed decision as to whether to engage in them or not? Government should stick at what it does best, keeping information secret so only the ruling elite know anything.

[Captain Oates 911]

What is the government thinking allowing its citizens access to accurate information of the real and proper dangers of various activities so one can make an informed decision as to whether to engage in them or not? Government should stick at what it does best, keeping information secret so only the ruling elite know anything.

MC long time no see

Let's have your sex obsessed angle on this

Start with Bill Clinton's cigar ....

[Danno 1,228]

I want more people to smoke, go to church, and join the army

That will leave the roads clear for me to motorbike on sunday

But don't people have to get on the road to -run out for a pack of smokes or to get to church?