SOME MYTHS ABOUT SMOKING
I’ll change to a pipe or cigars—they are safer.
Not for you, they aren’t. Lifelong pipe and cigar smokers are at very little increased risk of a heart attack, but they still have five times the lung cancer rate and ten times more chronic bronchitis than nonsmokers. Cigarette smokers who switch to pipes or cigars, unfortunately, continue to be at high risk of a heart attack, probably because they still inhale.
• I’ve been smoking for years, so it’s too late to stop.
No, it’s not, at whatever age you stop, no matter how long you have been smoking. The risk of a … Continue Reading