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A lot of cancer is self-inflicted such as smoking cigarettes. Even though they know smoking is bad for them and they've had relatives that have died from tobac
by davidf18 10y ago
A lot of cancer is self-inflicted such as smoking cigarettes. Even though they know smoking is bad for them and they've had relatives that have died from tobacco, teens continue to use it and become addicted to smoking.
In NYC, cigarettes cost $12-$14 per pack it is against the law to buy cigarettes until age 21. Countries that have universal healthcare such as Canada, UK, France all have tobacco taxes that exceed $5 per pack. Our US Federal tax is about $1.
The high cost of tobacco and the increase age for buying tobacco (now the same as drinking alcohol which is also 21) helps to prevent teens from becoming using and becoming addicted to tobacco.
- dghughes 10y agoI was thinking the other day you don't see very many or any smokers or obese people in old age homes do you? The majority of my family on my father's side who are smokers have died of heart disease, strokes, lung damage. Even at my workplace 9 of 10 people who died were smokers. I think the buddy system where they need to smoke in groups just enforces their denial. I've seen the "scared straight" situation many times where a middle aged smoker suddenly decides to quit only to be diagnosed a month later with cancer. Only now it's e-cigarettes instead of quitting so they can still be addicted to nicotine but quit cigarettes. I like to tell them there are worse things than cancer which has a possibility of a cure or surgery. My dad has IPF a scarring of lung tissue and there is no chemo or surgery to cut it out or slow it down. It occurs from many years of small amounts of lung damage in my dad's situation it was blue collar work welding, paint fumes, wood dust, grinding dust etc.