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In an instantaneous poll, the Wall Street Journal asked the audience to
select the most pressing societal problem from a list of five that
included infectious disease (malaria, AIDs, etc.), terrorism and global
warming.
Global warming was the most popular response, receiving 31 percent of
the vote, while infectious disease was far behind in last place with
only 3 percent of the vote.
It's an amazing result given that billions are sickened and millions die
every year from infectious disease.
The consequences of future global warming, on the other hand, are
entirely speculative.
20 Mar 2008
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only thing we can say with certainly about climate is that it changes"
Dr. Richard Lindzen
[most of the current alarm over climate change is based on] "inherently
untrustworthy climate models, similar to those that cannot accurately
forecast the weather a week from now." Dr. Richard Lindzen
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:56:58 +1100, "00BNZ"
<0...@d...com> wrote:
>In an instantaneous poll, the Wall Street Journal asked the audience to
>select the most pressing societal problem from a list of five that
>included infectious disease (malaria, AIDs, etc.), terrorism and global
>warming.
>
>Global warming was the most popular response, receiving 31 percent of
>the vote, while infectious disease was far behind in last place with
>only 3 percent of the vote.
>
>It's an amazing result given that billions are sickened and millions die
>every year from infectious disease.
>
>The consequences of future global warming, on the other hand, are
>entirely speculative.
>
>
>
Its an entirely predictable result given that people in general dont
know that a problem exists unless they are repeatedly told about it.
How much Media time is being given to Global Warming as compared to
world deaths from infectious diseases.
You might also ask how many people die each year from lung cancer and
heart disease caused by smoking, but does the world think this is a
mjor problem, nope.
Mauried wrote:
>
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:56:58 +1100, "00BNZ"
> <0...@d...com> wrote:
>
> >In an instantaneous poll, the Wall Street Journal asked the audience to
> >select the most pressing societal problem from a list of five that
> >included infectious disease (malaria, AIDs, etc.), terrorism and global
> >warming.
> >
> >Global warming was the most popular response, receiving 31 percent of
> >the vote, while infectious disease was far behind in last place with
> >only 3 percent of the vote.
> >
> >It's an amazing result given that billions are sickened and millions die
> >every year from infectious disease.
> >
> >The consequences of future global warming, on the other hand, are
> >entirely speculative.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Its an entirely predictable result given that people in general dont
> know that a problem exists unless they are repeatedly told about it.
> How much Media time is being given to Global Warming as compared to
> world deaths from infectious diseases.
>
> You might also ask how many people die each year from lung cancer and
> heart disease caused by smoking, but does the world think this is a
> mjor problem, nope.
I have always had a question about smoking that no one seems to have
an answer to....the average lifespan of a smoker is only 3 to 5 yrs
less than a non smoker and most die of heart attacks just like
non smokers......the only time I did any research on it I came across
a report that added up all the people who died of lung cancer/emphasima
over a few years....and claimed they all were smokers....somehow that
did not make sense...since I know for a fact that a lot of lung
cancer patients are not and have never been smokers.....(my mother
was one)..and probably the same is true of emphasima...it seems to me,
going by life spans that smoking is dangerous....but not excessively
so....
Wonder if the smoking danger is not something like the global warming
danger might be....made a major problem by the media....
thank you for listening to my thoughts.....have fun....sno
Z I N N N G G G G !
"sno" <s...@o...com> wrote
> I have always had a question about smoking that no one seems to have
> an answer to....the average lifespan of a smoker is only 3 to 5 yrs
> less than a non smoker and most die of heart attacks just like
> non smokers......
Cigarette smoking cuts 10 years off average lifespan
Journal of Employee Assistance, The, Sept, 2004
50-year study of nearly 35,000 British doctors who smoke cigarettes has
found that those who smoke their entire adult lives will die, on average, 10
years before those who never smoke of who stop smoking by age 30.
The study, which began tracking the doctors in 1951, is the first to
quantity what scientists have long known--that cigarette smoking is deadly
and becomes more so the longer someone smokes. At age 70, 88 percent of
nonsmokers in the study were still alive, but only 71 percent of smokers. At
age 80, 65 percent of nonsmokers were alive, but only 32 percent of smokers.
Overall, about 6,000 of the doctors first studied in 1951 were still alive
in 2001
Just as the harm caused by cigarette smoking is dramatic, so, too, is the
benefit of stopping smoking. According to the study, a person who quits
smoking at age 60 will live, on average, three years longer than someone who
continues smoking, while a 40-year-old who stops will live nine years
longer. If a smoker quits by age 30, s/he can expect to live as long as
someone who never smoked.
The results of the study were published in the British Medical Journal 50
years to the day after the initial study appeared. According to the study
authors, about 77 percent of the doctors in the study group smoked in 1951,
roughly the same as the national average in Great Britain. Today, only about
20 percent of British adults smoke, the lowest rate in the developed world.
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Cigarette smoking cuts 10 years off average lifespan
Journal of Employee Assistance, The, Sept, 2004
50-year study of nearly 35,000 British doctors who smoke cigarettes has
found that those who smoke their entire adult lives will die, on average, 10
years before those who never smoke of who stop smoking by age 30.
The study, which began tracking the doctors in 1951, is the first to
quantity what scientists have long known--that cigarette smoking is deadly
and becomes more so the longer someone smokes. At age 70, 88 percent of
nonsmokers in the study were still alive, but only 71 percent of smokers. At
age 80, 65 percent of nonsmokers were alive, but only 32 percent of smokers.
Overall, about 6,000 of the doctors first studied in 1951 were still alive
in 2001
Just as the harm caused by cigarette smoking is dramatic, so, too, is the
benefit of stopping smoking. According to the study, a person who quits
smoking at age 60 will live, on average, three years longer than someone who
continues smoking, while a 40-year-old who stops will live nine years
longer. If a smoker quits by age 30, s/he can expect to live as long as
someone who never smoked.
The results of the study were published in the British Medical Journal 50
years to the day after the initial study appeared. According to the study
authors, about 77 percent of the doctors in the study group smoked in 1951,
roughly the same as the national average in Great Britain. Today, only about
20 percent of British adults smoke, the lowest rate in the developed world.
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