however, these were not borne out by subsequent analyses
The figures obtained are admittedly speculative, but suggest that, above the age of 45, the risk of developing the disease increases in simple proportion with the amount smoked, and that it may be approximately 50 times as great among those who smoke 25 or more cigarettes a day as among non-smokers CIGARETTES AND CANCER (3 pages) Editorial British Medical Journal 1950 (volume 2), pages 767-768 September 30, 1950 Correspondence British Medical Journal 1950 (volume 2), page 889 October 14, 1950 It is not easy to adopt an unbiased attitude to the concept that smoking causes cancer: we are all either smokers or non-smokers, and each group may regard the other as prejudiced
The policy of continued increases in the tax, and therefore the price of tobacco, is the belief that nicotine consumption will be eradicated completely if it becomes too expensive
More interesting that way
Its too much money, he said