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- thekaempfer, on 04/14/2008, -4/+25the test: "is there a cigarette in your mouth? (y/n)"
- flashback99, on 04/14/2008, -0/+5I have cell damage from living. But my body makes new ones.
- cjmal, on 04/14/2008, -5/+10Here's a quicker test. Do you smoke a lot? You're probably going to get lung cancer.
- gak001, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4Apparently it's too much work to read past the first two paragraphs.
FTA: Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, but only about 10 percent of smokers ever get it. It causes few symptoms until it is advanced, which means patients are rarely diagnosed or treated until it is too late for a cure.
They never mentioned that little tidbit in Health Class. - doctechnical, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4Dang, I thought the same thing. "What's 4 times 6?"
"25."
"Lung cancer for you!" - shrapnull, on 04/14/2008, -1/+5Why save it just for smokers? About 10% of men and 20% of women with lung cancer have never smoked a day in their life. It can be caused by all kinds of things (asbestos, air pollution, etc).
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8893051%20 - gak001, on 04/14/2008, -1/+4Since no one seems to be making it past the opening paragraph: "Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, but only about 10 percent of smokers ever get it."
- KaiUno, on 04/14/2008, -1/+4Nearly certain? Eh, no, not really.
- inactive, on 04/14/2008, -5/+8Actually, most smokers never get lung cancer. It's something they don't like to advertise - Smoking doesn't cause lung cancer, it just increases your risk.
- inactive, on 04/14/2008, -1/+4The risk of getting lung cancer for heavy smokers is something like 25%. You can of course flip that around and say that 75% of smokers will never get lung cancer.
- inactive, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3Teetotaler be gone! This article is about smoking, not drinking.
- inactive, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2Here is something you may find of interest. Nicotine has many health benefits.
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007 ...
See, anyone can find good and bad in everything. - albatross5000, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2Mouth test: 1) Get unlucky friend 2) Breath out 3) Friend smells smoke? Lung disease possibility (now or in the future)
;p - gak001, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3FTA: Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, but only about 10 percent of smokers ever get it.
Your test = FAIL - Murdats, on 04/14/2008, -2/+3no, you wont get cancer from doing those things, you just may get cancer, at a higher rate of chance.
A lot of people smoke all their lives and never get cancer, most people who smoke never get cancer.
just like most people who go outside never get cancer - 3tcp, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1daily tobacco smokers? That's pretty general, many daily smokers smoke less than a pack a day. Someone who smokes 3 packs a week can't be lumped in with someone who smokes 10 packs a week.
- flashingcurser, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Renal (kidney) cancer is the most common cancer amongst smokers.
- inactive, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2Yes, you can do their taste test.
- aflaks, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2I have cell damage on the inside of my mouth from smoking... *****!
- saxreturns, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1I believe tobacco is the topic of discussion... it's not that much like 9/11 anyway, nobody flies alcohol directly into our mouths. Marketing or no marketing, drinking alcohol is still a choice.
- ennTOXX, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2Don't you just love science & technology?... :||
- gak001, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Sweet - teach me!
- habenneas, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Fast, text-only mirror: http://www.lynxcache.org/usr/1/Mouth_test_could_pr ...
- inactive, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2I swore this said "Math Test could Predict Lung Cancer" and I didn't even realize it was "mouth" until reading a few lines of the article. Am I alone?
- RyomaNagare, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2yes, and you'll die that way
- inactive, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2I love the combination of science and cigarettes. Now they just need to develop a mouth test to check for breast cancer. I'll give free exams at the titty bar.
"Nope, your boobs taste fine.....no cancer there...next!" - flashback99, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1cannabis
- jaobedoza, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1damn i better cut down my smoking!
- 3tcp, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1Men can get breast cancer too you know...
- inactive, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1This wouldn't work for cigar smokers though, because they typically don't inhale. Their mouth would be more damaged than their lungs.
if you're a heavy drinker also, your mouth will take on more damage.
This test is dumb. - aladrin, on 04/14/2008, -4/+3That's like saying sunlight doesn't cause skin cancer, it just increases your risk.
No, if you repeatedly abuse your skin by staying in the sun too long, you'll get skin cancer.
And if you repeatedly abuse your lungs by smoking, you'll get lung cancer.
-Nothing- is guaranteed to cause cancer. Significant amounts of some things will increase your risk to a point that it's nearly certain, though.
I'm all for people being able to do what they want, smoking and drugs included. But they should know the risks involved with their choices. - liuite, on 04/14/2008, -2/+1here is something you may find of interest: nornicotine plays a significant role in the progression of periodontal disease exacerbated by smoking.
http://www.joponline.org/doi/abs/10.1902/jop.2005. ... - saxreturns, on 04/14/2008, -2/+1Y.
Oh, bugger. - fr3ddie, on 04/14/2008, -5/+4ooooh, a test that PREDICTS lung cancer. WOW! HOW AMAZING!!!.... now we can actually PREDICT when we are going to get cancer. yay. okay. call me when you have a ***** CURE.... idiots.
- flashback99, on 04/14/2008, -2/+1For daily tobacco smokers above 50 the risk of lung cancer is 50%. So no dumbass, if you smoke it does not mean you will get cancer. it depends on how long, how frequent and WHAT you are smoking / inhaling.
- inactive, on 04/14/2008, -5/+3Every year, more money is spent promoting the use of alcohol than any other product. Perhaps through its elaborate and creative marketing, the most basic, yet important fact about alcohol is often overlooked — alcohol is a drug — the most commonly used and widely abused psychoactive drug in the world.
More than 100000 U.S. deaths are caused by excessive alcohol consumption each year.
Thats roughly 35 9/11s a year? Thats 245 9/11s since 911
Shouldn't we start including the Alcohol industry in the same category as the "Terrists"?!
And what about the fake news corps that the "Terrists" sponsor? Isn't FOX and Budweiser the same company now? - danpat, on 04/14/2008, -3/+1Beat me to it.
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