I _think_ that as long as I’m working out, I’m in better health than an _inactive_ non smoker.
I bicycle everyday, a few gym sessions a week and smoke half a pack every weekend or so.
I bicycle everyday, a few gym sessions a week and smoke half a pack every weekend or so.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
> But to an individual, inactivity is certainly _not_ worse than smoking.
> Being inactive increases the risk of a number of diseases, including a several types of cancer. Smoking _massively_ increases the risk of over a dozen types of cancer, as well as causing emphysema, heart disease, stroke and other diseases.
If you compare yourself with someone that's sedentary but also not eating right, than yeah, possibly you're even with an overweight non-smoker, overweight being linked to so many diseases... But if you compare yourself to someone sedentary that eats properly, or let's say as well as you do, for the sake of good comparaison... I wouldn't be so sure... The damage you do to your lungs and heart tissues are unlikely to be offset by the little time that you spend at the gym or on your bike...
This coming from an also fairly active smoker (now vaper).
I was a long time chain smoker for decade until one day I quit cold turkey. Now Ill buy a pack of rolling tobacco once a year for camping and seem to be happy with that.