Eating Hot Dogs as Risky as Smoking Cigarettes?

Image of Hot Dogs in Cigarette Pack Highlights Health Risks of Processed Meats

Chowing down on a juicy hot dog is just as risky to our health as smoking a cigarette. That's the message on a giant billboard perched 200 feet in the air near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Hot dogs are an American favorite and served in about 95 percent of the homes across the nation. Americans ate more than 16 billion hot dogs last year alone, according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council.

Roughly 1.1 million hot dogs were served up to hungry NASCAR fans at the speedway last year. However, health officials say eating processed meat is a really bad idea because it can cause colon cancer.

That’s the message leaders at the Cancer Project of the group Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) want to get out.

PCRM installed the giant sign this week and the graphics are now drawing national attention.

It features an image of hot dogs sticking out of a cigarette pack with the skull and crossbones stamped on the front.

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