Eureka! Less poison really is more deadly
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/eureka-less-poison-really-is-more-deadly/article1499340/
"It stands to reason that a two-pack-a-day smoker faces a far greater risk of developing lung cancer than someone who puffs just one pack, while anyone who indulges in the occasional cigarette is at little or no risk at all.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/eureka-less-poison-really-is-more-deadly/article1499340/
"It stands to reason that a two-pack-a-day smoker faces a far greater risk of developing lung cancer than someone who puffs just one pack, while anyone who indulges in the occasional cigarette is at little or no risk at all.
Among scientists, this notion that harm escalates as the exposure to something harmful increases seems so commonsensical that it's gone unchallenged since first postulated in the 16th century by Paracelsus, the Swiss alchemist considered the father of toxicology."