How do they know that smoking is bad for you? Where does the CDC get its info?They keep on saying on the news that heart disease is the number one cause of death, and smoking is a major risk factor for any type of death. I decided to find out for myself why they say this, and I found out that the Centers for Disease Control say this; I went to their .gov website. The American Medical Association also says this. When you die, you get a death certificate, so that's how they know the major causes of death. Then some how they calculate that smoking is a major risk factor for any type of death?
The reason I ask is because at work someone always smokes. So to show concern for her, empathy in an analytical way, I told her that smoking is a major non-genetic risk factor for death. She laughed and said that most statistics are made up. I told her that it's government statistics and if it's in a scientific peer-review journal, other scientists can review it to make sure it's good. She laughed again and told me that statistics are made up. I explained that when you die, you get a death certificate, and that it's statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the American Medical Association. She laughed again at me and said that statistics are made up.
Witchy, so you think death certificates are made up? If they then estimate after that how many heart diseases, lung cancers, etc, were influenced by smoking, I thought an estimate is the best explanation for the evidence?
From that perspective, aren't plate tectonics and electrons just an estimate too? Before plate tectonics, there was continental drift theory. How do we not know in a thousand years from now another theory will replace plate tectonics? What we can say it's the best explanation we have.
Answer by Mrs. Jonas : )
none of your business.
Answer by Pastor Joanah
really?...
Answer by Chrys
deaths from certain things are reported to the CDC...
both my parents and one of my (work) bosses all died from smoking.
both my in-laws have had cancer (and one has COPD) from smoking.
one of my grandparents died from smoking...
so theres some of your statistics..
Answer by LINDA R
they get their intel from the results of autopsies and other death reviews. they find that the lungs of smokers - the longer and more, - the more the lung disease. They combine this with the self reports of people who are having artery replacements because of clotting, strokes, etc, and the persons reports of tobacco use - other major diseases and same correlations re tobacco - then correlate the data to include the elimination of other causal factors and come out with the bottom line that most of this relates to tobacco.
she doesn't want to quit smoking and it will result in her death.
Answer by Pinkly Smooth
lol that sounds like some people i know, the statistics are as real as any other statistic, not necessarily accurate, but true to a degree.
Basically they check up on X number of people over a period of a few years and study them, 1/2 smoke & 1/2 don't smoke and after a few years they see that more people who smoked had health issues than those that didn't. Generally the number of people will be 1,000 or so to get as much data as possible.
I know several people who smoke, the majority of them are sick more often and have low lung capacity (we swim and they can hardly stay under).
EDIT: also read what "LINDA R" wrote above me.
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