Oh, good heavens, holly, surely you do not contend that inhaling nicotine, acetone, acetaldehyde, benzopyrene, formaldehyde, arsenic, cadmium lead, radioactive polonium, .... , and lots of particulate matter into that nice clean pink sensitive lung tissue is GOOD for you? You do know, I'm sure, that repeated applications of any of those chemicals to other parts of the body can in fact cause cancer, among other diseases?
Maybe 400,000 is exaggerated. There are political scare tactic reasons for doing that. Of course, there are also the economic interests of Big Tobacco to keep you hooked.
But you're not REALLY going to try to make a case that smoking is something that will improve the average person's health and longevity, are you? |
