I do not advise smoking. Smoking has been proven, even by allopathic sources, to cause cancer and heart disease. It also pollutes the air, and if you have children, you do not want them exposed to what mainstream sources classify as a Class A carcinogen, right up there with asbestos. And it wastes money. It is quite stupid for anyone to start smoking.
For every study out their saying it causes cancer I can show two that say otherwise. Its 100% pure PROPAGANDA!!! Pollutes the air, sort of like SUV's ?
Cancer is genetic, and although smoking MAY increase the chance it is already a predetermined condition within a person susceptable to it.