my quota is less than a stick a day now ....
but there's this theory that says cancer is most often caused by
acidic blood ......
acidic blood is caused by meat, particularly red meat ......
alkaline blood is caused by eating too much vegs ....
apparently, buddhist monks and nuns have the lowest incidence of
cancer ....
Unless some medical researcher published that in Nature
or some reputable medical journal, I believe that's nothing more
than bad science.....
Stick to what has already been firmly-established: cigarette
smoke can cause lung cancer.
Since you've cut down on your intake so drastically, then maybe
it's time to go full hog and quit altogether.