how true is this statement?

[tualingong]

you are twice as likely to die from smoking than a car accident.

 

[Fishypie]

Disagree.....as yet.I am a 25+ year's 20 sticks p/day smoker, still doing okay leh.
The flipside is, if i were to equate the $ spent on ciggies up till now; it would have meant quite a decent amount of
savings in the bank over the years.

 

[looneytan]

if don't smoke what is the chance to die from car accident?

 

[Extremist]

base on statistic About 1.3 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. Around 6 million deaths a year are caused by tobacco.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs358/en/index.html

http://www.inforesearchlab.com/smokingdeaths.chtml

 

[MBSSLOTS]

put it this way....i am a smoker for the last 26 years...i wish i hadnt pick it up...i will not want the young to pick up smoking...

 

[The_Hypocrite]

Very good and considerate point,,,you are a gentleman indeed. My close frens are smokers and I am a non smoker,,and they have always told me not to start and dont allow me to take it up,,and smoking is not cheap...its bad enough we get screwed by PAP day in and day out. Its worse being a smoker as it means get screwed by the PAP more

put it this way....i am a smoker for the last 26 years...i wish i hadnt pick it up...i will not want the young to pick up smoking...

 

[MBSSLOTS]

Watch this video on how tabacco companies like Philip Morris is targeting the young in emerging markets like Indoniesia...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvI157l09xE