I read an interesting opinion in the newspaper the other day that suggested cigarettes are much more to be concerned about than H1N1 flu. They stated that 1000 people die a day from cigarettes (which is less than the actual 1,205 according to the CDC), and that while they might walk away from someone who is sneezing, it would be good to run from smokers. 50 Americans die every hour from smoking, totaling four hundred forty thousand a year. According to the American Cancer Society Website, one in five deaths in the United States is caused by smoking, and one in five adults are current smokers. (Seems to me that would indicate a 100% mortality rate for smokers...)
Compare those numbers to the WORLD TOTAL of 615 cases and only 17 deaths so far because of H1N1. I think people just love to panic. People need to calm down, and to try not to use a cigarette to help them calm down.
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