[Lucky S]

I heard that smoking prevents you from getting lung cancer and extends your lifespan. Is this true?
I was being sarcastic. God, have you people ever heard of sarcasm?
I just wanted to see how people on here would react to this question and you all reacted as I predicted.

[Rocketgirl]

How obnoxiously stupid MUST you be to even ask a question like this?

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[Simon Dee]

its pretty much the opposite dumdum...

[Phoebe C]

Riiigghht - because that's what all of the studies and literature say, too.

[Mrs.Robinson 4-ever]

no its not true my uncle died 2 months ago from smoking cogs. and he had lung cancer

[fifty]

No. But there is research which suggests that smoking can decrease the amount of radiation (from nuclear fallout) that is absorbed in your lungs. But that isn't a great reason to start smoking!

[marcycan2]

It is the opposite, and you know it. However, even though your questions sounds stupid on the face of it, if heart disease from smoking killed you before you got lung cancer then I suppose in some warped way it did prevent lung cancer.

[milt_slavitch]

Smoking cigarettes could certainly prevent a person from getting lung cancer-by causing the person to die of a heart attack.

[Richardson]

Our grandparents may have smoked all their lives and lived into their nineties. WE DON'T THAT LUXARY. Our environment i.e the air we breath is so toxic with heavy metals and pollutants, what hope do our lungs have if we smoke as well. Lung cancer here we come. cheers

[coeurdouxmignon]

Yepp and excessive drinking makes for a healthy liver. dumb.