i heared couple of days ago from friend that 5 cigarettes per day or less man has been taken,,, don't represent him as smoker.so anyone read that in reports ?? or has reliable sources
2007-10-31 02:46:54 · 34 answers · asked by linda_junad 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
You are either a smoker or a non-smoker. So if you smoke one or more cigarettes per day, that would make you a smoker. If you never smoke, you are a non-smoker
2007-10-31 02:50:37 · answer #1 · answered by Jacqueline M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if you smoke regularly you are a smoker. Even if it only once a week. But, I'd say if you only did one in highschool (or whenever) and have never taken a puff since, you are not a smoker. Whoever this person is that takes 5 cigarettes a day, you should reccommend them to get help, so that they can live a long, healthy life. Here is the gist what a UK newspaper, Mail On Sunday, has to say about 5 cigarettes (it was written by an author who smoked 5 a day):
"On one section [of one of the cartoid artery] there is a small but unmistakeable fuzzy build-up. 'That,' the sonographer announces, 'is plaque.' This is not what I had expected. I had come to the hospital to take part in a research experiment to find out if my years of light smoking had resulted in any arterial damage. At 34, and otherwise reasonably healthy, I hadn't expected any. Instead, what I find is that the small build-up in the carotid is the kind of damage which would be expected in a person ten years older."
If you would like to read the whole article, go to:
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=429024&in_page_id=1774
2007-10-31 03:06:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are all bloody brilliant. I am amazed at the depth of analysis for this topic. I hope the questioner is paying attention and gives up the damn things. Only a baby would stick something in its mouth that could give it cancer. Spend some time in an oncology ward and see how appealing cigarettes are then.
2007-10-31 23:50:29 · answer #3 · answered by Daisy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are puffing on a cigarette, you are smoker whether it's 5 or 50 a day.
2007-10-31 02:56:26 · answer #4 · answered by sleepingliv 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's false. They may not be a habitual smoker but even 1 cig per day is a smoker...
2007-10-31 02:49:55 · answer #5 · answered by seafires1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your friend is wrong. Even one cigarette a week makes a person a smoker.
2007-10-31 02:50:04 · answer #6 · answered by Susan S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you smoke a singular cigarette per day you are a smoker. Any substance you put into your lungs is dangerous no matter how small.
2007-10-31 02:50:34 · answer #7 · answered by Dustelightful 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A smoker SMOKES. Period.
One, two, ten.....
5 per day is definitely a smoker.
The only person who is NOT a smoker is one who doesn't smoke at ALL.
2007-10-31 02:49:30 · answer #8 · answered by gg 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it takes ten times more willpower to limit yourself to 5 cigs a day and remain at that level, than to quit completely.
The question ultimately becomes moot therefore.
No one will smoke 5 cigs a day for very long. He/she will either move up to a pack a day, or quit.
2007-10-31 02:50:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL Thats silly... if you smoke 1 cigarette a day yor a smoker. =( Yuck
2007-10-31 02:51:29 · answer #10 · answered by redhotdancer4life 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋