Charley... as I posted earlier, my old man told me smoking does not CAUSE cancer. Is is a catylist... a "medium"... it provides the "vehicle" for radiation to cause cancer.

Something else... thread drift... the tobacco companies, government and medical community like to push this "smoking causes cancer" theory because it cannot be proven on an individual basis. Thereby, they continue to make money and tobacco will never be outlawed. If the anti-tobacco lot went after the emphysema (COPD is the new catch phrase as it sounds less scarey) connection they would get far better results. But, THAT ain't gonna happen because tobacco, government and the medical community make a shitload of money off the "cancer" aspect. Sorry for the thread drift. Just a pet peeve of mine.