Comments on: The smoking statistician http://www.statsmadeeasy.net/2008/02/the-smoking-statistician/ A wry look at all things statistical and/or scientific with an engineering perspective. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:58:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Eric Kvaalen http://www.statsmadeeasy.net/2008/02/the-smoking-statistician/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Eric Kvaalen Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:44:00 +0000 http://www.statsmadeeasy.net/2008/02/the-smoking-statistician/#comment-37 I think his statistics were wrong. He says that his chance of getting lung cancer is 24% or 40% higher than that of a non-smoker. But I think the figure is now known to be a lot higher. According to Wikipedia's article on lung cancer, only about 10% of people with lung cancer are non-smokers!<br/><br/>He doesn't mention heart disease and other diseases of the cardiovascular system, which are a bigger risk than lung cancer.<br/><br/>Also, it is now known that quitting smoking fairly quickly reduces your chances of developing smoking-related diseases. I think his statistics were wrong. He says that his chance of getting lung cancer is 24% or 40% higher than that of a non-smoker. But I think the figure is now known to be a lot higher. According to Wikipedia’s article on lung cancer, only about 10% of people with lung cancer are non-smokers!

He doesn’t mention heart disease and other diseases of the cardiovascular system, which are a bigger risk than lung cancer.

Also, it is now known that quitting smoking fairly quickly reduces your chances of developing smoking-related diseases.

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