# Bacon is the new cigarettes

Example. A common sentiment about processed meat and cancer, written
out as one post. Assertions like these merit a more careful check.

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It's official: the World Health Organization has put bacon, ham, and
hot dogs in the same cancer category as cigarettes and asbestos. Read
that again. A ham sandwich is as dangerous as smoking.

The numbers are terrifying. Just 50 grams a day raises your risk of
bowel cancer by 18 percent. That means nearly one in five people who
eat the stuff will get cancer from it.

My uncle had bacon every morning of his life and died of colon cancer
at 61. I don't need a study to tell me why.

There is no safe amount. We threw out everything in the fridge and
switched to turkey bacon and chicken sausages, and you should too.