Are cigarettes, and alcohol the least harmful substance ?!
Question: Are cigarettes, and alcohol the least harmful substance .?
I know that they can be deadly in the long run, but how is it that some people live pass their 70's still smoking, or drinking .?
( in some cases both )Health Question & Answer
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caffeine is less harmful. Sugar is less harmful. A large number of prescription drugs are less harmful. Marijuana is probably less harmful (definitely less harmful than alcohol).
Look, any drug you take too much of too often is going to kill you. You might live to be 70 despite this. But you MIGHT have lived to be 100 if you had laid off the sauce when you were younger! You might NOT die of cardiac arrest or lung cancer or emphysema when you are 30 but you might live to be 90 if you avoid cigarettes (which are coffin nails) and cancer is such an awful way to die.
(one of my friends from grade school had a heart attack and died outside of his home at the age of 35-- he'd been smoking cigarettes since high school, and he was having undiagnosed health problems. Then one day he went outside to smoke a cigarette in Wisconsin sub-zero temps and the nicotine caused constriction in a damaged blood vessel and he had a heart attack and died-- his wife found him an hour later... It was horrible.)
Alcohol is very dangerous. Cigarettes are very dangerous. Unfortunately, they are also very legal for a number of social and historical reasons, NOT because they are not incredibly dangerous!Health Question & Answer
Look, any drug you take too much of too often is going to kill you. You might live to be 70 despite this. But you MIGHT have lived to be 100 if you had laid off the sauce when you were younger! You might NOT die of cardiac arrest or lung cancer or emphysema when you are 30 but you might live to be 90 if you avoid cigarettes (which are coffin nails) and cancer is such an awful way to die.
(one of my friends from grade school had a heart attack and died outside of his home at the age of 35-- he'd been smoking cigarettes since high school, and he was having undiagnosed health problems. Then one day he went outside to smoke a cigarette in Wisconsin sub-zero temps and the nicotine caused constriction in a damaged blood vessel and he had a heart attack and died-- his wife found him an hour later... It was horrible.)
Alcohol is very dangerous. Cigarettes are very dangerous. Unfortunately, they are also very legal for a number of social and historical reasons, NOT because they are not incredibly dangerous!Health Question & Answer
They live past their 70's because of genetics. While others might be more susceptible to disease (cancer, etc) for the same reason. Cigarettes and alcohol may not kill you right away but they will cause problems. I'm currently in debt from dental bills, 8 years of smoking destroyed my teeth. It's not worth it in my opinionHealth Question & Answer
they are most harmful subtance,with alcohol,you can make yourself uncontrolable..with cigar,you make your lifespan short..
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My grandparents are 87 and 83, and still smoke after 60 years of doing so. They are healthier than most non smokers in their 50's. So it's not as harmful as people lead you to believe.Health Question & Answer
Yes, Aspartame and refined sugar are much worse.Health Question & Answer
i,ll put it this way. all drugs are harmful if you abuse them, even prescription drugs.Health Question & Answer