One Billion to Die from Tobacco in 21st Century

SexyGreyFox · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:36

According to health officials in the United States, the number of people dying from tobacco-related deaths may reach one billion this century, some 10 times more than the last century. The figure is based on current trends.

Smoking kills 1.4 million people annually across the globe and is the direct cause of some one in five cancer deaths. 10.9 million cancer cases are diagnosed every year, according to the Cancer Atlas.

A spokesperson from the World Health Organisation said: “We know with cancer, if we take action now, we can save 2 million lives a year by 2020 and 6.5 million by 2040.” 1.25 billion people currently smoke. The Cancer Atlas was released on Monday.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13803326/

Thank whatever God for smokers or else this planet would be well overrun.

rmuir · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:39

Thats cheered me up, just had a cigar....

Second cigar in a week, and first smokes in three years since i quit cigarettes. Not something im about to make a habit of again, they were freebies i got on holiday.

Fiancee lost both her grandparents to smoking related disease and it was nasty.

Raymond Lin · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:40

I know the government put these warning on the packets but what they don't tell you is that Governments LOVES Smokers.

1 - They generate a LOT of revenue in taxes
2 - They usually kick the bucket before the pension kicks in = saving a LOT of money after a lifetime of paying taxes.

Sure, they cost the NHS a lot of money, but the taxes pay for that.

reflex · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:48

I think smoking should be banned.

However lower class drugs unbanned.

iam · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:53

reflex said:
I think smoking should be banned.

However lower class drugs unbanned.

How does that work? Ban one drug keep another? It's just a hypocritical as the current situation.

I believe every drug should be legalised and sold through licensed retailers. If people want to do drugs, they'll do them. But that's a whole different (and not allowed) thread.

Sem · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:53

no sympathy from me

Raymond Lin said:
2 - They usually kick the bucket before the pension kicks in = saving a LOT of money after a lifetime of paying taxes.

LOL

Energize · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:55

reflex said:
I think smoking should be banned.

However lower class drugs unbanned.

There isn't any lower class drugs. :confused:

Efour · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:57

If we dont keep killing ourselves the world is going to be so hideously overpopulated we will all die of starvation.

This is going to sound really bad and i dont mean it like i type it but, finding cures for diseases and saving the lives of people that should really die because of genetic illness is seriously going to screw up this planet.

Please dont take it literally but you know what i mean, we are living too long as a human race

and too anyone that had freinds and relatives with a nasty disease im speaking as devils advocate, my mum had breast cancer so i know its bad news and thank all the doctors and nurses that expertly looked after her.

Agent_Smith357 · 13 Jul 2006 at 00:13

Well someone's got to take one for the team.

Lashout_UK · 13 Jul 2006 at 00:14

Population control at it's finest! Let's promote smoking!

(or somesuch)

Energize · 13 Jul 2006 at 00:19

Efour2 said:
If we dont keep killing ourselves the world is going to be so hideously overpopulated we will all die of starvation.

This is going to sound really bad and i dont mean it like i type it but, finding cures for diseases and saving the lives of people that should really die because of genetic illness is seriously going to screw up this planet.

Please dont take it literally but you know what i mean, we are living too long as a human race

and too anyone that had freinds and relatives with a nasty disease im speaking as devils advocate, my mum had breast cancer so i know its bad news and thank all the doctors and nurses that expertly looked after her.

With stem cells and the such these problems can be corrected by genetic engineering so the defective dna will be taken out of the human genome.

AmaTeX · 13 Jul 2006 at 00:24

Lashout_UK said:
Population control at it's finest! Let's promote smoking!

(or somesuch)

Nature is a wonderful thing

locutus12 · 13 Jul 2006 at 00:25

*COUGH* *FAINT*

R.I.P.

Lashout_UK said:
Population control at it's finest! Let's promote smoking!

(or somesuch)

tobacco and homosexuality, natures answer to an overcrowded world

although i will state obviously the second of the two doesnt cause cancer and death and thankfully doesnt come with a government health warning, how ever it has been responsible for some hideous flower arangements over the years.

cheets64 · 13 Jul 2006 at 00:36

As the population grows more poeple will smoke, Tobacco is a nasty drug, its seens as a social and ok thing to do, I think its one of the nasty things you can do to your body, it gives you a tiny bit of pleasure from the nicotine and thats it.

Time to ban smoking in pubs and clubs.

locutus12 · 13 Jul 2006 at 00:38

cheets64 said:
it gives you a tiny bit of pleasure from the nicotine and thats it.

this of course all depends on what your mixing your tobacco with

Sinizterguy · 13 Jul 2006 at 00:42

Sorry - no sympathy from me at all. They know what they are getting into and they still keep doing it.

Meatball · 13 Jul 2006 at 00:51

Efour2 said:
If we dont keep killing ourselves the world is going to be so hideously overpopulated we will all die of starvation.

This is going to sound really bad and i dont mean it like i type it but, finding cures for diseases and saving the lives of people that should really die because of genetic illness is seriously going to screw up this planet.

Please dont take it literally but you know what i mean, we are living too long as a human race

and too anyone that had freinds and relatives with a nasty disease im speaking as devils advocate, my mum had breast cancer so i know its bad news and thank all the doctors and nurses that expertly looked after her.

Couldn't agree with you more. Both my grandparents died of cancer due to their smoking.

ScarySquirrel · 13 Jul 2006 at 00:53

Bring on 2007 and the smoking ban in public places

Ill be able to come home from a night out with my throat in tact and not smelling like ****

squiffy · 13 Jul 2006 at 00:56

ScarySquirrel said:
Bring on 2007 and the smoking ban in public places

Ill be able to come home from a night out with my throat in tact and not smelling like ****

Go to the pub wearing this.

locutus12 · 13 Jul 2006 at 00:58

Sinizterguy said:
Sorry - no sympathy from me at all. They know what they are getting into and they still keep doing it.

its not that easy... a good friend of mine is in his 50`s works as a builder and thanks to a load of cancelations last year is in a load of debt, the debt causes stress so he smokes, the doctors told him he is developing COPD and will be dead in a few years if he doesnt stop. he is trying and has made real efforts to but hasnt managed to quit totally and every time he makes a step forward a creditor comes along and spooks him or a massive bill comes at him.

remember that when he was a kid, the NHS gave ciggerets out as a treatment for certain condtions, its an addiction that is as difficult to break as a heroin addiction.

so i think some sympathy for those that are really trying to quit should be given.