[defrost]

> Just yesterday I saw an article on Instagram that they are putting smoked meats and sausages and similar products in the came cancerogenic category as smoking.

But not the same lung capacity impact category .. the emphysema rates from smoked meats are considerably lower than those from smoking.

[AndrewThrowaway]

I think it was just cancer overall. One kills you lings, another kills you gut, heart and etc.

We know that smoke itself is really really bad for you. Open fire is bad for you.

Sitting around campfire with a glass in your hand and a guitar might be really really bad for you.

[antasvara]

I feel like you're ignoring the size of each of these impacts.

Sitting around a campfire once a month will likely increase your cancer risk. But it increases your cancer risk way, way less than smoking a pack of cigarettes every day.

Similarly, the World Health Organization is confident that smoked meats increase cancer risk. But that makes no statement about how much more likely you are to get cancer. I'm confident that eating undercooked chicken raises my risk for salmonella; I'm equally confident that eating a raw and expired piece of chicken also raises my risk of salmonella. But I would not say that each of those raises my salmonella risk by the same amount.

See the difference?

[type0]

The biggest danger of smoking is not cancer, it's cardiovascular diseases. You are comparing a mosquito to an elephant.

[defrost]

Just cancer might be the equivalence.

Smoking itself cause damage and disease that isn't limited to just cancer though.