Why Call It News Any More?

[xoxoxoBruce]

That means that even using the biased data that is out there, a USWM smoker has only an 8x more risk of dying from lung cancer than a nonsmoker.

He made that distinction but that's yesterdays news.
Today, and for awhile now, it's all about secondhand smoke. That's the justification for all the smoking bans going on today, both indoors and outdoors. Shit like you can't smoke in your own house if you have an employee (maid, housekeeper, etc) or the Maytag Repairman coming in.