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FRIDAY MAY 18 2007 2:00 PM

Submitted by Bitch_PhD. Edited By Rahodeb.

TAGS: oral sex, cancer

...but not only is smoking apparently less carcinogenic than blowjobs*, it's also more pleasurable.

After controlling for other risk factors for throat cancer, such as drinking and smoking, the analysis revealed that people who had prior infection with HPV were 32 times as likely to have this cancer as those with no evidence of ever having the virus. And those who tested positive for a particularly aggressive strain of the virus, called HPV-16, were 58 times more likely to have throat cancer.

By comparison, either smoking or drinking increases the risk of such cancer by about threefold.

From here on out, no pole smoking--cigarettes only, thanks.

Bitch_PhD isn't gonna lie--Sherman's MCDs taste better than spunk.

85 Comments

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Tangus

Altamonte Springs, FL

November 2005

MAY 18, 2007 02:04 PM

I have it on good authority that Luckies DO in fact taste better.

sirrogue2

League City, TX

March 2007

MAY 18, 2007 02:05 PM

That is messed up. I guess those porn stars better have damn good insurance coverage....

Gillionaire

Manchester, NH

February 2007

MAY 18, 2007 02:20 PM

Good thing a lot of people still put fun ahead of health!

theDrunkMonk

Charlotte, NC

January 2003

MAY 18, 2007 02:23 PM

What you are saying makes no sense.

1) It's one study.
2) How common is throat cancer?

Think about it. Wait, never mind...

wavion

I'm lost

March 2007

MAY 18, 2007 02:23 PM

You forgot to mention that the penis had to be infected with the Human Papillomavirus. So, yeah, fellating a STD-infected penis is bad for you. Big surprise.

Vodnik

Yugoslavia

December 2006

MAY 18, 2007 02:25 PM

Wavion's right; it's technically incorrect to say that it's the oral sex per se which causes throat cancer when in fact it appears to be the HPV which does.

hor

Minneapolis, MN

June 2005

MAY 18, 2007 02:27 PM

penis

Gillionaire

Manchester, NH

February 2007

MAY 18, 2007 02:31 PM

hor said:

penis

I concur.

bloodhigh

Shawnee, OK

October 2006

MAY 18, 2007 02:32 PM

im with wavion

NinjaTech

Minneapolis, MN

November 2003

MAY 18, 2007 02:33 PM

I really like the picture banner for this story. Good job whoever whipped it up.

Trahern

United Kingdom

March 2003

MAY 18, 2007 02:40 PM

So how common is HPV? The article seems to suggest one in five people have it, but...

Let's do a study and ask a bunch of smokers and non-smokers which they think tastes better.

d20

San Francisco, CA

September 2003

MAY 18, 2007 02:42 PM

Vodnik said:
Wavion's right; it's technically incorrect to say that it's the oral sex per se which causes throat cancer when in fact it appears to be the HPV which does.

indeed. not only this, but it appears that Bitch isn't even her real name.

wavion

I'm lost

March 2007

MAY 18, 2007 02:47 PM

Based on this chart:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cases_of_HPV_cancers_graph.png

It looks like there about maybe 5000 HPV-induced throat cancers WORLDWIDE annually.

DhD_No_Pants

Katy, TX

May 2006

MAY 18, 2007 02:49 PM

wavion said:
You forgot to mention that the penis had to be infected with the Human Papillomavirus. So, yeah, fellating a STD-infected penis is bad for you. Big surprise.

It's not a big surprise, but I'm amazed at the amount of people who do not realize how prevalent HPV is, how many people carry it without knowing, etc.

Considering that HPV is also the leading cause of cervical cancer, I'm not surprised that the virus could also be cancerous in other locations.

hypemankenny

Saint Paul, MN

January 2007

MAY 18, 2007 02:53 PM

according to this week's savage love, the same is to be said about cunniligis.
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove

but, that won't stop me.

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