Why Call It News Any More?

It is good to see you say connection and not cause now... well done.
I do not know why the study came out the way it did, though my theory is that pipe and cigar smokers tend to take time out each week to intentionally relax and stress is the number one killer in America. That does make sense.
The AMA has never said that smoking causes cancer, not once... no medical trial has ever shown that or anything related to second hand smoke, in any way. As I posted earlier, you must not have read that, there has been shown a small elevated risk, nothing more.
I am saying that if a news service lied about it they are not responsible any more than the societies I mentioned.
Is smoking cigarettes laden with chemicals habitually, inhaling them as much as you can, bad... of course it is.
Does it cause cancer, no... is that all there is to tobacco, no... does it make it ok to tell business owners what to do on their private property as long as they comply with OSHA air quality standards, no, not at all.
Propaganda is propaganda, lies are lies, plain and simple.