Thursday, July 1, 2010

Why did lung cancer rates not increase until 1950's if the

Why did lung cancer rates not increase until 1950's if the?
Inthe early 1920s, shortly after world war 1, smoking became fashionable for men. Why didnt lung cancer start increasing untill 1950?
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1 :
Smoking wasn't recognized by the health industry as a key cause of death....science and more studies had to come along for that to be proven. Also, the money made by the cigarettes companies, and those businesses and political high rollers they sponsored, were good at covering up the facts for an even longer time...there is a lot that was/is known, but is not shared, or is rather ignored by many in the world...simply because it brings in too much of a profit to risk the truth being public.
2 :
Dunno,........ I remember I saw something about that a long time ago.... I think they said it had something to do with pesticides, and that they couldn't find a direct link to lung cancer and smoking.
3 :
How many yrs do you have to smoke till you get lung cancer? I've been smoking for 25 yrs and so far so good. It probably takes 30 - 50 yrs to get it. Also, the first person to respond to your Q nailed it with the lack of research, etc.

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