Cancer is a bit like a lottery, except you don’t want to win. Every time you smoke you buy several tickets, and buy a little extra chance to get cancer. Maybe w

Cancer is a bit like a lottery, except you don’t want to win. Every time you smoke you buy several tickets, and buy a little extra chance to get cancer. Maybe with plastic cooking items you also buy some tickets, but far less than if you smoke. In other words: You have some choice. And it is a lottery at the end. There are people who smoke a lot and get to be old and never have cancer. And ultra-healthy people who die of cancer in their 20s.