Unfortunately, millions of people listened to Hitler, and millions died. Hitler hated tobacco. The few that continued to smoke at the time, had to sneak around like criminals as most do today. Long after Hitler was gone, the German people became big users of tobacco. Let's take a look at Germany in modern times, and a couple other big smoking countries, and compare the top five causes of premature death to the USA.

 

Definitions: Coronary heart disease (CHD, Alzheimers disease (AD)
Premature deaths in each of the top five categories are per 100,000 population.

S.Korea
Male	Female	Life exp.	Healthy	CHD	AD	Lung cancer	Lung disease	Stroke
smoker %	smoker %	from birth	years	deaths	deaths	deaths	deaths	deaths
49.80	4.20	82.30	73.20	26.39	12.32	25.69	8.65	39.14
Compare
USA
19.50	17.50	79.30	69.10	77.97	45.58	34.04	29.68	25.94

 

Total premature deaths:

S. Korea - 112

USA - 213

Japan
Male	Female	Life exp.	Healthy	CHD	AD	Lung cancer	Lung disease	Stroke
smoker %	smoker %	from birth	years	deaths	deaths	deaths	deaths	deaths
33.70	10.60	83.70	74.90	30.36	4.23	21.44	4.33	34.00
Compare
USA
19.50	17.50	79.30	69.10	77.97	45.58	34.04	29.68	25.94

 

Total premature deaths:

Japan - 94

USA - 213

Germany
Male	Female	Life exp.	Healthy	CHD	AD	Lung cancer	Lung disease	Stroke
smoker %	smoker %	from birth	years	deaths	deaths	deaths	deaths	deaths
32.40	28.30	81.00	71.30	62.93	13.39	27.78	14.98	27.32
Compare
USA
19.50	17.50	79.30	69.10	77.97	45.58	34.04	29.68	25.94

 

Total premature deaths:

Germany - 146

USA - 213

Don't think for a minute that these countries are hand picked.  All similar developed countries in the world have great health compared to the USA,  and most smoke considerably more than US citizens. All these countries live longer, have a longer number of healthy productive years lived, and considerably less premature deaths from the top five killers listed with only one exception, stroke.  

As crazy as it sounds, obviously, if there exists any actual relationship between tobacco and bad health or premature death, it would have to be positive?  But then, we all know as fact that smoking causes cancer, heart disease and today just about any illness one can think of, if you smoke  - Right!

But where are all the smokers?
Could this be the power of decades of non-stop big money propaganda? $

Numbers don't lie, but are very difficult to deal with in todays world of non-stop propaganda.

 

Note on strokes:  Most countries have a higher rate of deaths from stroke than the US population as shown in the above charts.  

Reason - The one thing we have in the US that many if not most countries don't have is excellent emergency services. Some say the best in the world. Fast medical attention is apparently most important with stroke victims. Few people die from strokes with fast modern medical attention.

 

 

A quick look at possibly two of the biggest lies ever told. No need to be a rocket scientist to see what has happened since we the people have  given up the tobacco habit and started eating low fat processed science fiction food. Empiricle evidence and honesty will do just fine. LOOK AROUND - None smoking and cheap low fat processed garbage for food is a trillion dollar industry in more ways than one could imagine. The medical and pharmaceutical industry love it to the tune of tens of billions of dollars in treatments and drugs. Countless wealthy none profit tax exempt cancer and heart health organizations love it. The non-profit anti-tobacco cartel loves it. The news media loves it with almost non-stop medical and health related advertising. The politicians love it to the tune of tens of billions collected every year in tobacco taxes from state to federal levels. AND the list goes on and on.

 

The propaganda we the people have been fed the past few decades on saturated fat & cholesterol has given we the people the honor of being the most overweight and obese people in most of the developed world. The medical industry and Big Pharma love it.$ We now spend more money per capita on sick care and prescription drugs  than any country in the world, countries that generally eat a more traditional  diet and smoke like trains.  

 

We have been conditioned to believe there is a drug for everything. Talking head television drug and medical procedure advertisements are almost endless. The USA,  and only one other country allow this.

Can't sleep or your pinky finger hurts, not to worry. Just  fill your body with the latest drug.
Just check with your doctor to see if it's right for you.

 

Millions are eating food today that would likely shorten the life of a wild hog.  When we do eat meat, it's typically from animals that are sick from birth, and needs to be on drugs as millions of Americans are today until slaughter.

 

We eat fruits and vegetable sprayed with herbicides and pesticides and consume more processed science fiction garbage than any country in the world. Our government allows ingriedients in our food supply that countries that are far healthier and live longer do not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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