There are some studies that show it helps slowdown or prevent
Alzheimer in older people.
That's totally different. They talk about nicotine patches, not smoking. Most of the negative effects (maybe even all) come from inhaling the stuff.
Nicotine may help to prevent/treat Alzheimer, but if it actually does it's in the dosage and weighing the positive against the negative effects. It's the same for e.g. poison. If you get bit by a cobra, you'll die, but if a professional toxicologist takes the same poison and filters some things out etc. the same poison can be used to treat diseases or safe lives.
Honestly I consider all of those studies BS.
There are some studies that show that it prevents Alzheimer and others (much more than the ones stating it prevents it) that it increases the risk of getting Alzheimer.
They don't even know 100% how Alzheimer works and how you develop it. On top of it most of the patients are old, so you have decades of undocumented lifestyles that lead up to it. How could you make a reliable study about all of this.
"The only statistics/studys you can trust are those you falsified yourself."
At the risk of stating the obvious, the scientific evidence against smoking is overwhelming and, if you're interested in being healthy, stop smoking.
I'm 100% with Steve.
What do you all think about puffing the occasional cigar or pipe? There anecdotally seems to have been plenty healthy people from older times who held this in high regard.
Probably like most things - the poison is in the dosage.
I enjoy a good cigar with my friends from time to time. But that's just for special cases and happens like 2-5 times per year. I wouldn't consider that unhealthy.
I would put smoking in the same area as drinking. Occasionally getting drunk at a party, having a beer with friends or enjoying 1-2 nice glasses of wine at diner won't do you any damage and might even have a positive effect (e.g. the recommended one glass of red wine).
Drinking a bottle of wine or 2-3 bottles of beer every day for years is a different story...
Personally I dislike smoking a lot. And that's not even health related. If someone smokes near you, even outside, afterwards your own clothes stink disgusting. Even more so in a room with smokers.
Kissing a girl that smokes is a very, very unpleasant experience, too.
If you smoke, but don't do it near me and you don't want to kiss me
than I'm fine with it and won't bother you, because everyone can do what he/she wants.
The late Helmut Schmidt (one of Germanys most prominent Bundeskanzlers) smoked his entire life. He was famous for smoking during TV appearances, interviews and stuff like that. He died short before his 97th birthday and despite being so old he was still mentally and physically fit enough to appear on TV and have discussions about politics and economy.
So yes, despite all the documented negative side effects, smoking doesn't necessarily have to be bad for everyone.