Cigarettes Are Not that Bad

It is said that every year, 400,000 + people die from cigarette related deaths. However, this number is a slanted, politically manipulated estimate. In fact, examination of those 400,000 "cigarette-related" deaths will show that the deceased, in many instances, actually die "premature" deaths much later than non-smokers. According to anti-tobacco groups, dying at 85 is premature, as over 70,000, or 17%, of the alleged 400,000 were over 85 in one given year.
Roughly 2000 smokers died before the age of 35, or .5%, while 143,000, or 8% of non smokers, died at or before 35.
In addition, cigarette smoking has actually been shown to have certain health benefits. According to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, smoking can reduce the risk of breast cancer in certain women by 50%. There is even stronger evidence connecting smoking and Alzheimer's. Most studies show that the more one smokes, the less chance they have of getting the disease.
While the sale of ciagrettes continues to go up, death rates continue to go down. Cigarette manufacturers have noticed that even with all the "required" information they now have to list on cigarettes, their sales have increased. Are they practicing some sort of psychological experiment on the public? Have the realized that the more "dangerous" they make their product out to be, the more intriguing it becomes to the most succeptible of minds- those of teenagers; the ones who will begin smoking at an early age and most likely continue the habit the rest of their life?