I love to smoke but I don't want cancer. Should I start smoking light cigarettes?

Answer 1

Light cigarettes provide NO DECREASE in cancer risk, or in the risk of associated heart disease or vascular disease. As difficult as it is, you should try to quit smoking. There are behavior modification techniques that can help and there are several new medications on the market that can also help, often moreso than the gum or patches.

Answer 2

I've smoked lights for 7 years, about 10 per day, and some days as high as 18. I went to a dental appointment last week and was informed that I have pre-cancer patches in my mouth that will have to be watched. I have a doctor's appointment this Thursday, so that she can look at and give me more information on the matter and what to do next.

I too loved to smoke and thought that I would have many years before I would get cancer, which made me feel that I had plenty of time to quit.

Oral cancer survival rates are not very high, only 5 years after detection.

My last cigarette was smoked 1 hour before I received the news from my dentist on September 19th. Best of luck. I pray that you quit.

Answer 3

You can't possibly love to smoke, you are addicted and your body is craving the nicotine.
Work out the difference between loving it and needing it and you will understand what it is doing to you.
No matter what it says on the packet every single cigarette is a lethal weapon, weather it be 1 milligram or 16 milligrams there is no difference it's just a way the tobacco company keeps you smoking.
You may not die of cancer from smoking but, hey, you might. You are playing Russian Roulette with your life.

Answer 4

Dream on. You're taking chances every time. But, consider that some people smoke for years and get killed by something else, so, if you love it, and don't care how much it annoys others, go ahead. After all, I've always believed that if there are places where smokers cannot smoke, there should be places where non-smokers HAVE to. Yes, that's an old joke! I'm an old woman. And I don't smoke!

Answer 5

Cigarettes are cigarettes no matter what gimmick the seller uses to try to disguise them. And unfortunately 'light' or 'lite' has become a very popular buzz word for a lot of products, not just tobacco.

Now, some people can smoke without suffering for it. But do you really want to play Russian Roulette with your lungs?

You decide.

Answer 6

No!! There is some committee on Capital deciding upon what action to take against the cigarette manufacturers for concealing the fact that light cigarettes offer no greater protection against lung cancer than regular cigarettes

Answer 7

i know the feeling. light cigs won't make that much difference. depending on how long you've smoked if you quit it still might not make a difference either. the best thing is never start. but the sooner you quit the better your chances are of not getting cancer and at least if you quit you won't stick or have that icky breath, there's nothing bad that happens from quitting once you get over the cravings

Answer 8

Light cigarettes will make little if any difference.. it isn't only the tar and nicotene that cause the problems .. The only cure is to quit smoking. For ideas on how to quit smoking . put in your google.com the words: quit smoking You will get a bunch of links with great ideas on how to quit. Good Luck ! :)

Answer 9

Quit, light cigarettes are the same as a non light you only inhale less at a time because the filter are thicker.

Answer 10

My grandad and grandma both smoked, but thankfully they both lived to over 70 (My grandad died aged 76). My grandma is still alive, but dosent smoke. My grandad did die of cancer, but it was only partially related to the smoking apprently. Thankfully, touch wood, cancer does not run in my family.