Some web research has yielded studies that smoking about ten
cigarettes per day increases the risk of fatal lung cancer by 30-80%.
The risk of fatal heart disease increases by a similar ratio.
Like so many, these
statistics are just
raw data, with no
causality (or
casualty)
necessarily implied. A
simple example is the
fact that these studies don't consider the rest of these
smokers'
lifestyles; it's not un
likely that people who care little enough for their
health, and smoke till they're
80 have other things
contributing to their
illness.
This
package warning is another example of
wishy-washy doublethinking Canadian
government propaganda.