Now, how about this:

Allison Janney, Madonna, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts.

They're four of the millions of us who wander around every day with a cell phone pressed up against the sides of our skulls.

Cell phones, for many, are status symbols.

I own an iPhone, if you must know. Not the newest 3G version.

Now, comes a warning from Dr. Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He issued the warning to his faculty and staff on Wednesday this week to limit their cell phone use.

Why?

There's a possible increased risk of developing cancer--especially in children. He says children should use cell phones only in emergency situations and that adults should be sure to utilize hands-free devices that keep the actual phone away from the head.

Dr. Herberman is a lone voice in much of this debate. Study after study have shown that there is no greater risk of cancer from the use of cell phones.

It doesn't take much to make a correlation between cigarettes and cell phones. Both can be addictive (albeit in different ways), both can be used for socialization purposes and both are used for keeping one's self busy while alone.

I'm not saying that Dr. Herberman is correct. But what if the surgeon general's warning for cigarettes came out years before it did?

Would it have saved more lives?