"Living in Beijing is like smoking a pack of cigarettes a day" -- truth or urban myth?

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Re: "Living in Beijing is like smoking a pack of cigarettes ...

Posted by: wefrucar on Sep 1, 2009 11:10am

Myth.

Quote:

Dirty air does contribute to lung cancer risk, but has a greater impact on heart disease, asthma and chronic bronchitis. American Cancer Society (ACS) vice president of epidemiology and surveillance Michael Thun, M.D., estimates that air pollution increases the risk of lung cancer by 1/100th of the increased risk brought on by smoking a pack of cigarettes a day.

http://health.discovery.com/centers/cancer/top10myths/myth6.html

Though some days it doesn't feel like a myth.....

Sometimes I feel it is maybe unbearable always be traditional Chinese girl.

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Monkey King

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Re: "Living in Beijing is like smoking a pack of cigarettes ...

Posted by: Monkey King on Sep 1, 2009 11:37am

I thought it was like living with someone who smokes a pack a day.

"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese."
--Charles de Gaulle

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Aier2

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Re: "Living in Beijing is like smoking a pack of cigarettes ...

Posted by: Aier2 on Sep 1, 2009 11:44am

as someone who used to smoke at least 2 packs a day and has since quit......I can tell you it's a myth.

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longdongsilver

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Re: "Living in Beijing is like smoking a pack of cigarettes ...

Posted by: longdongsilver on Sep 1, 2009 12:24pm

Go to Paris, it's just the same.

All big cities have pollution.

Cry a river and go f-uck off to some village then.

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bobby_liu

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Re: "Living in Beijing is like smoking a pack of cigarettes ...

Posted by: bobby_liu on Sep 1, 2009 1:02pm

beijing must be a carcinogenic city.

10 years later, millions will get cancer in bejing!

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admin

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Re: "Living in Beijing is like smoking a pack of cigarettes ...

Posted by: admin on Sep 1, 2009 5:02pm

and you bobby?

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bobby_liu

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Re: "Living in Beijing is like smoking a pack of cigarettes ...

Posted by: bobby_liu on Sep 1, 2009 5:11pm

i wont!

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admin

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Re: "Living in Beijing is like smoking a pack of cigarettes ...

Posted by: admin on Sep 2, 2009 9:53am

how many packs to do you smoke a day, bobby?

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joe_blow

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Re: "Living in Beijing is like smoking a pack of cigarettes ...

Posted by: joe_blow on Sep 2, 2009 2:32pm

Does this mean I'll need the patch when I go home?

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adamsmith

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Re: "Living in Beijing is like smoking a pack of cigarettes ...

Posted by: adamsmith on Feb 7, 2011 2:53pm

So nice question...It's really I make it a point to leave it to others to write about air pollution in China from a non-legal perspective, but this one from the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 Blog is just too good to pass up. Seems those who say breathing Beijing air is like smoking a pack of cigarettes a day are exaggerating, it is actually like living with someone who smokes a pack a day...cannabis seeds