This juicy tidbit, seen at No Force, No Fraud , gives me some new fuel to throw back at people who are too damn annoying about trying to get me to quit smoking. Yes, I know it’s bad for me. Yes, I do plan to quit. But right now, I enjoy it. Less so than I did when I started, and even as we speak I’m cutting back by about 3 cigarettes a day. But still, my smokie-treats are fun. And so are barbeques. But they may be even worse for you. Teehee….
“According to a report from the BBC, a new study says that cranking up your backyard grill could kill you with cancer. Specifically, they say:
A study by the French environmental campaigning group Robin des Bois found that a typical two-hour barbecue can release the same level of dioxins as up to 220,000 cigarettes. Dioxins are a group of chemicals known to increase the likelihood of cancer.
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So… for all of you who are convinced that cigarette smoke causes cancer, kills tens of thousands of people every year, reduces birth weight, and all the other nonsense that has been pumped toward us… you should REALLY get up in arms about barbeques!”