Which is worse for your body, smoking or drinking?

I use to smoke. I smoked for about 5 monthes so maybe 100 cigs. in my whole life. I just hope my lungs recover from the damages i caused, i'm 20 now by the way going to be 21 soon. I don't really drink much anymore ever since i signed up for the gym. So which do you think is worse for you drinking or smoking? Drinking makes your liver work over time and doesn't allow your liver to break down what it needs to when it comes to nutrition, drinking lowers testosterone and makes you infertile. Alcohol goes into your blood and is sent to every tissue and organ it's like a poison. I won't even mention the effects of alcohol on behavior (drinking and driving, fights, unprotected sex, etc.) Smoking on the other hand increases your risk of heart disease and lung cancer. It contains over 60 chemicals in which 3 are proven poisonous. Alot also has to do with genetics....i know people who lived to 85 who smoked all their lives never been to the hospital. So which is worse?

Both are equally bad

Well, speaking strictly from a nutrition point of view, alcohol has some positive effects on the human body while cigarettes are entirely negative. I smoke rarely but I drink fairly often.

Now if you get drunk every single time you have a lot of beers or whatever, that's not going to have a positive effect on you, but drinking a glass of wine or having a beer or two a day can actually be beneficial, not to mention stress relieving.

if you only smoked for 5 months i don't think there would be any noticeable damage after you stopped.

anyways, i think it depends how much of either you are doing.

i am led to believe that smoking less than half a pack of cigarettes a day and you will be fine. i say this because last semester in my ksu 1101 class (class all freshman at my college have to take), we had to take a personal assessment survey thing, and one of the questions was "do you smoke more than half a pack of cigarettes per day?" i think if smoking less than half a pack was really that bad for you, they would have just asked "do you smoke cigarettes?" or "do you smoke at least 3 cigarettes per day?" or something like that.

And I know a man who lived to be 102 who drank every night. The point is that every body is different, we are all of a certain susceptibility to drug-induced disease based on a deluge of factors. The smart idea is to not do both.

Well, they are both bad. Most smoking damage is reversible, given time. Though, liver problems can't. Pick your poison I suppose.

And everything in moderation.

if you only smoked for 5 months i don't think there would be any noticeable damage after you stopped.

anyways, i think it depends how much of either you are doing.

i am led to believe that smoking less than half a pack of cigarettes a day and you will be fine. i say this because last semester in my ksu 1101 class (class all freshman at my college have to take), we had to take a personal assessment survey thing, and one of the questions was "do you smoke more than half a pack of cigarettes per day?" i think if smoking less than half a pack was really that bad for you, they would have just asked "do you smoke cigarettes?" or "do you smoke at least 3 cigarettes per day?" or something like that.

needled24-7

everything pretty much depends on genetics. You can not smoke a day in your life and get lung cancer. Like i said i know people who lived to 85 who smoked heavily from a young age, they never had surgery. It's about genetics, kind of like...you know the wrestler Brock Lesnar? he's this super buff strong guy. An ordinary person who goes to the gym everyday, eats very well, etc. is still not going to look like him if he doesn't have the genetics.

If you smoke 4 packs a day and drink a couple beers...probably smoking.

If you drink a bottle of booze a day and only smoke 3 cigarettes...probably booze.

As an old teacher said, "everything in moderation".

Abstinence would be best in this case.

Well, speaking strictly from a nutrition point of view, alcohol has some positive effects on the human body while cigarettes are entirely negative. I smoke rarely but I drink fairly often.

Now if you get drunk every single time you have a lot of beers or whatever, that's not going to have a positive effect on you, but drinking a glass of wine or having a beer or two a day can actually be beneficial, not to mention stress relieving.

starfox15

Drinking would be worse, as your liver goes through sheer hell trying to process the alcohol out of your body.

Cirrhosis is irreversible, and liver transplants are exceedingly expensive.

Some website I found says tobacco causes about fives times more deaths annually than alcohol:

http://drugwarfacts.org/

I can't link to the exact article saying that, because GameSpot's editor is a ****ing piece of ****. Don't know how they figured that, but I'm not turning this into a research project. Alcohol in small quantities may be good for you; cigarettes are not. Therefore, smoking is worse than drinking.

Oh here we go, here's another version of that chart. Will GameSpot let me link to it?

http://skeptically.org/recdrugs/id10.html

Yes. Gee, thanks. According to that, tobacco is number one, and being a fatass is number two. Alcohol's a distant third.

Here's another one that puts smoking about four times higher than drinking:

http://www.csdp.org/publicservice/causes.htm

You probably breath more pollution in the dailiy air each day than smoking a cigarrette.

5 months? That's nothing man...

Anyway, both are bad for you, but when put together it somehow becomes so awesome.

They are both bad for you. Pick your poison.

Depends what you're smoking.

Cigarettes vs Alcohol, Alcohol is worse for you.

Btw, 100 cigs in 5 months isn't going to do anything. There are people who smoke that in one month all year long for decades and never get lung cancer.

Smoking. In moderation, alcohol can have some beneficial effects.

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Well, speaking strictly from a nutrition point of view, alcohol has some positive effects on the human body while cigarettes are entirely negative. I smoke rarely but I drink fairly often.

Now if you get drunk every single time you have a lot of beers or whatever, that's not going to have a positive effect on you, but drinking a glass of wine or having a beer or two a day can actually be beneficial, not to mention stress relieving.

Franklinstein

Well, speaking strictly from a nutrition point of view, alcohol has some positive effects on the human body while cigarettes are entirely negative. I smoke rarely but I drink fairly often.

Now if you get drunk every single time you have a lot of beers or whatever, that's not going to have a positive effect on you, but drinking a glass of wine or having a beer or two a day can actually be beneficial, not to mention stress relieving.

starfox15

Both are bad, but I'm inclined to say smoking is worse, if you don't include people who are alcoholics.XilePrincess

You probably breath more pollution in the dailiy air each day than smoking a cigarrette.

SupaKoopaTroopa

This. Especially if you live in LA.

[QUOTE="XilePrincess"]Both are bad, but I'm inclined to say smoking is worse, if you don't include people who are alcoholics.d4nny-

[QUOTE="d4nny-"][QUOTE="XilePrincess"]Both are bad, but I'm inclined to say smoking is worse, if you don't include people who are alcoholics.XilePrincess

[QUOTE="Franklinstein"][QUOTE="starfox15"]

Well, speaking strictly from a nutrition point of view, alcohol has some positive effects on the human body while cigarettes are entirely negative. I smoke rarely but I drink fairly often.

Now if you get drunk every single time you have a lot of beers or whatever, that's not going to have a positive effect on you, but drinking a glass of wine or having a beer or two a day can actually be beneficial, not to mention stress relieving.

BonsaiMet

If I drink, and I rarely do. I drink MAYBE two glasses of beer at the very most. I don't see the good side of losing all inhibitions, throwing up, and possibly ruining your life and being unable to remember it.

You probably breath more pollution in the dailiy air each day than smoking a cigarrette.

SupaKoopaTroopa

Beer. It will kill you much faster than smoking.

Beer. It will kill you much faster than smoking.

pete_merlin

You mean if I intentionally try to get alcohol poisoning? Yeah, I suppose so. In general though, the statitics I've found disagree with you.

[QUOTE="SupaKoopaTroopa"]

You probably breath more pollution in the dailiy air each day than smoking a cigarrette.

Famiking

Id say drinking. At least when smoking you dont forget where you are and end up sleeping in a ditch somewhereWolls

[QUOTE="Wolls"]Id say drinking. At least when smoking you dont forget where you are and end up sleeping in a ditch somewhereLJS9502_basic

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[QUOTE="Wolls"]Id say drinking. At least when smoking you dont forget where you are and end up sleeping in a ditch somewheremindstorm

[QUOTE="Wolls"]Id say drinking. At least when smoking you dont forget where you are and end up sleeping in a ditch somewhereLJS9502_basic

But the question is which is worse for your body. Responsible drinking helps health. Which means it has positives. Smoking is nothing but a negative. Plus, unless one is an alcoholic......it's easy to stop drinking. Not true for smoking.LJS9502_basic

Smoking would be worse. It causes cancer and body harm very quickly.

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[QUOTE="Wolls"]Id say drinking. At least when smoking you dont forget where you are and end up sleeping in a ditch somewhereWolls

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]But the question is which is worse for your body. Responsible drinking helps health. Which means it has positives. Smoking is nothing but a negative. Plus, unless one is an alcoholic......it's easy to stop drinking. Not true for smoking.mindstorm

I think both aren't good for your body. Smoking is definitely worse though, unless you drink to excess, then I think they're equally bad. Which do you want to lose? YOur lungs or your liver?