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Decomposed > Needless to say, cigarette smoke IS highly toxic. But it doesn't kill quickly.

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toxic: [adjective] containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation.
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You can get away with calling cigarette smoke toxic. . . But not 'highly toxic'. As you pointed out - it does not kill one quickly.

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Re: North America&reshoring of the global supply chain
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Fri, 04 Nov 22 12:37 AM
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Zimbler0:

Re: “Things that are incredibly toxic have a tendency to be killing folks quickly - and as wide spread as plastics are in use today 'deaths by plastic' would be HUGE if it were very toxic.”
I read an article yesterday in a 1964 issue of Analog. The topic was the possible connection between cigarette smoke and lung cancer.

The editor, John W. Campbell, added a paragraph at the start of the article - an article he didn't write - in which he said that more evidence is needed before a causal relationship can be determined. One of his reasons was that those who experience nervous disorders often become addicted to pills, yet the pills do not CAUSE the nervous disorder. He then posited that those predisposed to lung cancer might be attracted to cigarettes due to their natural ability to FIGHT lung cancer.

John W. Campbell was a really smart guy, but his logic went right out the window when it came to the things he liked. Needless to say, cigarette smoke IS highly toxic. But it doesn't kill quickly.






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