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Actually, light smoking is almost as harmful as heavier smoking. Going from zero to one cigarettes is much worse than going from one to two.

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Do you have a source for that?

http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/14/5/315.full

http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Mens_Healt...

You can find more with a simple search on Google. I used, "light smoking, dangerous".

1-4 cigarettes does not equal 1 cigarette per day.

I really don't care. If you want to believe that you're not hurting yourself by smoking a cigarette a day, that's your prerogative. Ask any doctor and they'll tell you different though.

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