Fags kill 50% of those that smoke them - even Russian Roulette gives you 1 in 6 chance. How many of you that panic about Artex smoke?
You smoke daily though and one hit from asbestos is all you need.....
You can't dismiss the danger.
One cigarette is enough to kill. Sure smoking them day in day out increases your chances, but one will do it.
At a peak death rate expected to be around ~2500 a year, there are far more dangerous things to do than removing an artex ceiling that may have asbestos in it. Add in the fact that the vast majority of those dying of asbestos related diseases had repeated exposure over a long time and a sensible risk assessment would indicate that it is not as risky as you might imagine. Further more it takes decades to kill.