"Michael Coslo" wrote in message
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And yet, I read a book from the late 1800's that stated that smoking
tobacco caused Lung cancer and emphysema, and that chewing it caused
oral and stomach cancer.

We knew. We just didn't listen.

Sure. Even so, I didn't realize the truth was known _that_ far back. But
in the fifties, when I started smoking (briefly, thank goodness) we referred
to cigarettes as cancer sticks and coffin nails. Yet, lots of people
referred to the first Surgeon General's Report (1964?) as "groundbreaking."
Ah ... no!