Safety and Legal Issues

No I haven't read it, in fact I haven't even heard it.

As for those figures I've heard other figures that are very different from
those from other sources. Some sources indicate that once you pick up your
first cancer stick and smoke it you'll probably end up an addict for a long
time.

"On the other hand, most teenagers who initiate regular use of tobacco products
will become addicted, and their habit will remain active for years." - American
Medical Students Associsation http://www.amsa.org/programs/gpit/tobacco.cfm
scroll down to The Nature of Tobacco Addiction for the complete information.

Nicotine is one of the most addicative substances around, if it were discovered
recently it would have been banned.

--- Ravenart@... wrote:
>
> Have you read "The Tipping Point"? It appeared that only 20% of teens who
> start smoking are hard smokers. The 80% are recreational smokers who can
> smoke a crig once in a while but never need to pick it up for months on time.
>
> It appeared from studies that the people who smoking cause cancer are the
> heavy smokers who smoke a lot because they have genetic higher tolration for
> nictorin and need to smoke more in order to get the buzz. The rest are not
> addicted by any standard. The same is true in any case of drugs.

It is those who smoke a lot that are the most likely to get cancer from the
cancer sticks but there is still evidence linking passive smoking to cancer.
Although the problem of passive smoking is going down with more people deciding
not to smoke in public places and also with non-smoking zones and in some
places (like where I am) a complete ban on smoking in resturants.