Do Hobbits get Lung Cancer?

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Originally Posted by Mugwump

In fact, if we can accept the existence of Balrogs in Middle Earth, then why couldn't we accept the existence of pipe weed smoking that doesn't cause any kind of cancer? If Tolkien did not put lung cancer into his world, then why should we assume it exists there!

So the real question then, is: Do Balrogs cause cancer? It's not as far-fetched as all that really. Where there's smoke, there's fire--and there's a lot of fire in a Balrog.