is being a smoker healthier than being a  2nd hand smoker?
89207
Yeah, the stuff smokers breath out is worse for us non-smokers, but I have just tried to avoid being around smokers all together.  Don't start smoking, chances are no matter what you will be better off.  Just save yourself the trouble of becoming a smelly smoker.
835666
The EPA has done study upon study on second hand smoke and the only thing they can definitely say is that it makes your hair and clothes smell bad.  The fact is: ciggarette smoke is a carcinogen which falls under the "one hit theory".  That means one exposure can lead to cancer, or a billion exposures lead to cancer.  It effects everyone differently.  You hear about 90 year smokers living til 110, or someone dying from lung cancer at the age of 30 who has never had a smoke.  Second hand smoke is awful, because it makes people smell bad and just isn't fun to be around, but it has not proven to be harmful.
168346
Second hand smoke is a known carcinogen.  It is also known to have other effects (increased risk of asthama, reduced immune system, etc.).  And it stinks.\n\nThat said, it is not a higher risk than smoking.  Still, I would try and find a way to deal with it.
459490
i think they're both equal. these days breathing can be bad for you, so realy, who the hell knows lol.
1018584
Here is a quote from expert testimony regarding tobacco products:\n\n"Let me begin by emphasizing three fundamental facts: (1) all tobacco products are hazardous, (2) there is no safe level of tobacco use, and (3) the only proven way to reduce the enormous burden of disease and death due to tobacco use is to prevent its use and to help users quit."\n\nMy personal testimony as an ex-smoker is that although I am now obese (not from quitting smoking), I can breathe better, and have better endurance than 20 years ago, when I was not overweight and smoking.  The improvement in the way I feel was worth the agony of quitting, and I quit many times.  I am not even talking about health risks, but just the improvement in my day to day functioning.
1124497
Because it is not. Smoking is not healthy yet how many people smoke? Choice and the consequences that go along with it. Peace.
63326
they're both bad second hand smoke is worse because most people who are inhaling the second hand smoke aren't ususally smokers, so it affects them more. I recently read a dear abby letter that addressed this question. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20060126/lf_ucda/dangerposedbysecondhandsmokeiscalledintoquestion;_ylt=AvRvjRtt.OVVBMI5k8l73bnNbbUC;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--
259962
Actually, it is better for you. It is all natural so it isn't going to put nicotine and all that other crap in your body. It also helps you relax. It basically has the same effects as alcohol except for you don't become violent.
765985
hand rolling  tobacco is safer, (NO  smoking is safe) but there is less harmful additives in  hand rolling, as they keep going out.I think Tailor made fags have saltpetre them  they burn away quick .
772598
Like I always say you should be allowed to kill yourself whenever and however you want.  I think this not smoking around kids thing is nonsense.  However if second hand smoke is proven to cause health problems then I wll be all for it.  You can kill yourself but if you bring others into it then thats a problem.
247368
If you inhale the smoke it is unhealthy and can possibly give you lung cancer.\n"The American Heart Association estimates 40,000 die each year from heart and blood vessel disease caused by second-hand smoke".
562754
Tobacco use is responsible for more than one of every six deaths in the United States.It causes over 390,000 deaths in the united states alone. Its the #1 preventable cause of death in the u.s. Incidentally, there is no hard data indicating second hand smoke to ANY detrimental health effects. Food for thought...
1102861
Yes and no.  Smokeless tobacco causes different problems than smoking tobacco.  They are both adequately harm full and can both kill you.  The only reason I might say that it is worse is because it can cause physical deformity because it may cause the removal of part of your face.
123705
First off I just want to say that Second Hand Smoking is not linked to any kind of health risks. If anyone did a little research on the topic they would find out that the studies that the EPA did in the early 90s suggested no links. They fudged the numbers and the methods to make it look like there was a link.\n\nTrue smoking is linked to hazards, but so is drinking, eating too much, and just about every other thing that humans do in a daily life. Hell, driving is hazardous, do you think we should outlaw that as well? It is my god-given right to do whatever the hell I want with my body as long as I don't put others in danger, and if you look at the links below you will see second hand smoke is not proven to be dangerous.\n\nThey reason people want to outlaw smoking, is because everyone today is totally ignorant to the facts. They believe what they are told, and they are told that second hand smoking is dangerous. People today want to be politically correct all the time. Just because you don't like what I am doing doesn't give you the right to make me stop. Thats like telling someone to stop eating meat, because they are a veggitarian. What is this world coming to???\n\nOh by the way, I have never smoked a day in my life. I can't stand it, but I'm not going to take away somebody's rights just because I don't like it. I'll just enjoy myself somewhere else.
52095
there are definately addictions from nicotine, which means you crave it and you'll have withdrawls if you stop. bigger concerns are second hand smoke which is more harmful to the people around you than just smoking is to you. there are carcinogens in ciggarettes, which are substances that cause cancer. how much do you really care about the people around you? smoking is also a behavioral thing for some people. especially night time smokers might be in the habit of smoking as a behavioral thing more than anything else. when my dad stopped smoking 11 years ago, he had to replace that action of smoking with something else, and he chose sugar free hard candy. it really helped him through it.
397329
Let's straiten this out.  Second hand smoke is only harmful to people who for a lifetime are stuck in a home with a smoker.  You getting a whiff of somebody else's smoke from the sidewalk is not going to kill you.  Exhaust from all the cars we drive and radon and CO2 will kill you way before cigarette smoke will.
738423
Definitely. But you could also get a totally different type of cancer. Anyone can get cancer whether they smoke or not. The risk of getting cancer and being unhealthy is far greater if you smoke. One of the problems with smoking is that it involves your lungs. When a person has cancer, no matter which part of the body it might occur in, one of the areas that cancer can spred to is the lungs. Smokers will suffer more side effects if they have cancer. Struggling to breath can be painful.\n\nPeople with cancer have the best chances of fighting cancer if they are relatively healthy, have clear lungs, no secondary disease, excercise regularly, and eat healthy foods.  You cannot be relatively healthy if you are a smoker . . so you will always be at a higher risk.\n\nSmokers Lung\nhttp://www.csmngt.com/smokers%20lung.jpg\n\nHealthy Lung/Smokers Lung\nhttp://www.lungcolorado.org/images/ble_big.jpg