digg

Facebook Connect Join Digg About

Tobacco expected to kill 1 billion this century

msnbc.msn.com — f current trends hold, tobacco will kill a billion people this century, 10 times the toll it took in the 20th century, public health officials said Monday.

Who dugg this?

Digg DudeWhat is Digg?

Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. Digg surfaces the best stuff as submitted and voted on by the community. Take the Tour to learn more.

9 Comments

show profanity settings
expand all
  • mdoom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21 billion is a lot...but its sad that 100 million this century were killed by tobacco.
  • Bdog2g2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I agree to some extent, in that its people utimately responsible for the actions and they shouldn't be compensated knowing smoking, chewing, or snorting tobacco is bad.
  • HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So what do you think will kill the rest of us?
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Its amazing that the Food and Drug Administration will ban medicines because they have not been adequately tested for human safety, and yet a known killer of millions continues to be made available without much interference.
  • mdoom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1..wait..tobacco is bad for you?
  • KyleRayner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I dont think there is anything wrong with enjoying anything in moderation. Smoking twenty cigarettes a day, one pack, is harmful to the body. So is eating twenty hamburgers, drinking twenty beers, etc. The key is not to be excessive to the point of doing permanent damage to the body.
  • KyleRayner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Title is a bit misleading. Tobacco is not the killer here, its tobacco abuse. Imagine how many people eating will kill this year, using the logic in this story.
  • JohnnyNova, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Wow, scary ... and coming from such a reliable source! Public Health officials? I'm impressed!
  • Bdog2g2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2George Bush Or Kim Jong....take ur pick

  • Add a Comment

    Login or register to comment!
    Or, sign-in super fast with your Facebook account ...

© Digg Inc. 2009 — Content created and posted by Digg users is dedicated to the public domain | Terms of Use Updated | Privacy Policy
DIGG, DIGG IT, DUGG, DIGG THIS, Digg graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and other service names are the trademarks of Digg Inc.