Re: Light cigarettes and health benefits



DLU <david@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >
> > ANY amount of cigarette smoking is very, very harmful. Smoking light
> > cigarettes is like shooting yourself in the head with a "light"
> > bullet.

True. But some folks are protected gene-wise and never get lung cancer,
although they smoke throughout their lives..

> The lining of the lungs is on cell thick, these cells are called
> alveoli. Cigarette smoke contains particles that are less than 2.5
> microns in diameter. These particles lodge in these cells and turn them
> to hardened tissue just like your outer skin. Also, diesel exhaust is
> composed of such sized particles. 93% of diesel exhaust is carcinogenic.


madiba
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