Russell,


On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:53:49 +1200, Russell McMahon 
wrote:

> 1/5 USA is about 70,000,000 popn.

I said "About" - it's a tad under 60million.

>...<
> Smoking is a decreasing habit.
> Assume semi randomly that ABOUT 10% of the population 
smoke.

I wish!  As I think you found out, it's about 25%.

Your calculation ignores the number of non-smokers who 
die of it by being in smoky environments - not a vast 
number, but not sero either.

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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