"'Light' Smoking Takes Heavy Toll on Health"
OK, thanks for telling me. *reaches for cigarette* Now, run along and make sure everyone else knows as well.
posted by z @ 7:32 PM
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10 Comments:
At 10:46 PM,
Ozzy said…
wow, i totally would NEVER have guessed...lol...time for a smoke break...
At 3:48 AM,
nell said…
makes sense to me. but, i'm a non-smoker :) unless i'm surrounded by you people... hehe
At 7:48 AM,
Rama said…
so... after 9 months working on a tobacco case...
it's the length of time you smoke for light smokers that directly impacts risk. someone who has 4 cigs a day for a year compared to the relative risk for a 4-cig a day smoker of 5 years...
everyone in the study was over the age of 35. which can bias the results, since it has been observed that if you quit smoking before your early 30s, you can decrease your risk of disease and come near a non-smoker's risk within 5 years.
oh, did you know that cigarettes that are in a box are worse for you than the soft-packs? yeah.
I hit 10 weeks yesterday! go me.
At 10:45 AM,
Sarah said…
wow...i'm currently that light smoker. relapsed and haven't quit again.
At 11:28 AM,
*dots* said…
i thought i would quit in nyc, hasn't worked... dating a non-smoker makes me a light smoker now though!
At 4:04 PM,
z said…
sam - why are the cigs in a hard pack worse than the ones in the soft pack? seems strange. isn't it the same cig in a diff package?
At 7:46 PM,
nell said…
are there preservatives in the boxes too now? and congrats, sam!! woohoo!
At 8:38 PM,
Anonymous said…
Samantha's comment triggered a thought-- the trend in Spain is that _everyone_ smokes in their 20s and usually quit by 30. They certainly aren't freaking out about lawsuits and health effects the way americans are. I wonder if there is some specific american culture trigger that keeps us smoking longer? Joe Camel and sexy advertising can't be the only reason.
--E.
At 1:19 AM,
nell said…
maybe its a culture thing there and a psychological thing (addiction) here
At 8:12 AM,
Rama said…
To answer your question Z, cigarettes in a hard pack are compact. Those in a soft pack have more "wiggle room" and therefore more nicotine falls to the bottom of the package, leaving less in the cigarette itself. And yes, Certain brand hard packs have been coated with preservatives...
Americans live for advertising... I think that's the cultural difference.
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