PattayaMale Posted October 29, 2009 Posted October 29, 2009 Expert Panel: Smoking Bans Save Lives Institute of Medicine Analysis Highlights the Heart Risks of Secondhand Smoke By Salynn Boyles WebMD Medical News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Oct. 15, 2009 -- Even limited exposure to secondhand smoke can increase the odds of heart attacks in people who have heart disease or are at risk, an expert panel report commissioned by the CDC confirms. Another major finding by the panel: Smoking bans work. Quote
Guest zzrichard Posted October 29, 2009 Posted October 29, 2009 I will probably get chatised here, but no problem. The thing regarding doctor reports is that every ten years or so, the opinion of the experts change. In the 30's (no, I am not that old) people with TB were told that cigarette smoking was healthy for them. So, I will either smoke or not according to my desire and not that of "professionals". Quote
Guest fountainhall Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 My father, a doctor, smoked 60 a day, most at a time when the tar content of cigarettes was very high. Despite growing medical opinion about the harms of smoking, he firmly believed that the cause of cancer was not the tobacco but the lighter fuel! Consequently, he always used matches. Perhaps not surprisingly, he died of cancer, but of the liver, not lungs. Quote
