Okay, is milk seriously worse than secondhand smoke?!?

Question

My friend said that, and it totally pissed me off cuz I drink it all of the time.

Answer 1

The question is not entirely answerable. For one thing, the quantities of both the milk and the second-hand smoke would have to be determined. Obviously, drinking 5 gallons of milk in a n hour long period would be far worse than the secondhand smoke from one cigarette. But even assuming resonable levels of both, there has been little real study on the health effects of milk, and studies on second-hand smoke rarely reach generally accepted statistical significance, despite what many people believe.

Answer 2

No. Second hand smoke is much worse than milk.

However, milk is for adolescents only. Once you are an adult (age 13 or more), milk does more harm than good.

The Milk Board (Got Milk?) will have you believe otherwise but it's their job is to sell milk to everyone, regardless of any health benefits or the lack thereof.

You get all of the Vitamin D you need if you walk outside in the sun for at least 15 minutes a day.

Lactose intolerance is one of the side effects of drinking milk when you don't need it anymore.

But smoking and second-hand smoke is much worse under any circumstances whatsoever.

Answer 3

It was what tobacco companies said a long time ago to convince you that second hand smoke wasn't that bad. The commercials on Mtv visited a milk farm and interviewed a farmer who was completely outraged and said that was not true. At the end of the ad it shows a cut sign with the words whatdafxup. Your friend is screwing you over it isn't true. He may just be making a pun on you! Or maybe your friend is an idiot!

Answer 4

Does your friend smoke? Milk is not worse than second hand smoke! She is totally ridiculous. Unless there is an allergy or the milk is sour, I do believe she needs to get her story straight.Good idea of yours-keep on drinking your milk and stay away from any cigarette smoke. She definitely needs to be educated on proper nutrition and the terrible effects of second hand smoking, which is considered worse than smoking it yourself. Good for you! Stay with the milk drinking.

Answer 5

Bluntly, your friend is an idiot. Sure I guess perhaps big commercial dairly milk has things in it that it shouldn't. But nothing worse than what is any of your other foods if you aren't carefully selecting organic. Organic cow's milk, while perhaps not perfect in digestibility, is a perfect food nutritionally. My granny lived to be 96 and she swore by 3 glasses of milk a day. On the other hand, a gal I worked with died of lung cancer in her 50s and had never smoked a single ciggie all her life. But her husband puffed like a frieght train.

Answer 6

No!!!! That's what the tobacco companies used to tell people way back when. Milk is good for you, secondhand smoke is not. And, I believe that there is a commercial on tv that says that, one of those wuddafxup things with the corky black dude with a big fro.

Answer 7

YES. At one point in America milk was going to be exposed for all it's negative worth. There is a deadly culture in milk that may cause death, although many precautions are taken to ensure quality, but when ingested it can cause death. Now, a little history lesson, ever wonder why some people generally, people of color can not drink milk with getting an upset stomache? Ever wonder that? Given throughout the years of cultural blending, many previous cultures did not have a milk cow one. Therefore the Genetic-lineage of many people do not have the adequate stomache bacteria to fight milk(lactose'). Overall, yes milk is more deadly, because second-hand smoke takes recourse and a bad batch of milk can take your life, instantly.

Answer 8

No, your friend is full of baloney.

Milk can be hard on people who have congested lungs, or people who have things like asthma, because it does tend to cause mucus buildup, and that happens in the lungs, as well, but it's not anywhere near as harmful as smoke of any kind--even campfire smoke is harder on your lungs than milk is.

If you drink milk, that's really good. It's especially important for females, as we tend to suffer more problems with our bones as we age. There may come a time when you need to cut down on the percentage of milkfat in the milk you drink, but drinking milk is really good for you at any age, as long as your stomach can handle it. So drink away!

Answer 9

Milk isn't worse for your body than secondhand smoke, it's actually good for you because it has calcium. It was advertised in tobacco commercials in 1996 but had no truth to back it up.

Answer 10

LOL!!!!! Unless you are allergic or lactose intolerant, I can t believe anyone would fall for this!!!! The only thing in milk that s going to hurt you is perhaps the antibiotics and un-natural feed additives they put in the cows feed that may find it s way into the milk. You should do everything in moderation, most especially if you are an adult - but milk is one of the healthiest things you can drink!