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Posted on 10/17/2006 1:09:34 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: maineman
I wonder how people will answer this question: if you knew that the NEXT cigarette you smoked was the one that will give you cancer, would you smoke it?
The nonsense argument for smokers is that only x% of people get cancer and none of them think it will be them, but it has to be someone...so...would you smoke it if you knew?
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posted on
10/17/2006 2:49:51 PM PDT
by
Paco
To: NCLaw441
He means that the total risk goes up. The risk per street crossing is the same each time. (Except for rush hour.)
For smoking, the total risk goes up each fag consumed.
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posted on
10/17/2006 2:52:51 PM PDT
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Baynative
"anyone born after 1960 should not be eligible for any medical subsistance related to nicotine if they CHOOSE to kill themselves after all the publicity smoking has gotten over the years."I'm fine with that.......so long as the federal and state governments refund every dime in tobacco taxes paid by smokers since 1960.
To: trumandogz
I smoked for 15 years and have been on this site for 3 years. I have NEVER spoken to any smoker who claimed smoking was good for a person or seen any serious posts on this forum claiming that smoking was good for a person.
I don't smoke any longer but I am still amazed at the sheer hatred displayed by many non-smokers toward smokers. Like liberals, many believe lies are OK since the end should justify the means. Lies like somkers claiming that smoking is beneficial to one's health.
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posted on
10/17/2006 2:59:14 PM PDT
by
L98Fiero
(Evil is an exact science)
To: trumandogz
if smoking is so bad... how come it isn't 3/4 or 4/5 or 9/10 for that matter that get it???
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posted on
10/17/2006 2:59:41 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: Baynative
"anyone born after 1960 should not be eligible for any medical subsistance related to nicotine if they CHOOSE to kill themselves after all the publicity smoking has gotten over the years."
What about those before ? My father died of COPD and Emphysema as I will also however he died years ago. As an Air Force Pilot the USAF gave my father flight rations, Meat, bread, vegetable, dessert, chiclets and 4 cigarettes. Yet after he retired the took away his benefits for lung problems because he smoked the cigarettes they gave him.
To: Toby06
"Screw it, I like living life, and if I go a little early, tough crap, I'm having fun. I don't plan on having anythin left at the end, I want to use up every single bit of life in me."
I still say I'd rather die at 70 doing what I want than live 'till 90 doing what I hate. Time becomes God to some people.
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posted on
10/17/2006 3:04:10 PM PDT
by
L98Fiero
(Evil is an exact science)
To: L98Fiero
My post was in jest. However, i have seen posts where people cite that smoking helps prevent certain diseases.
BTW-I am not an anti smoking nazi. While disease is a risk associated with smoking I think the bigger problem with smoking is the dependency it causes. I posted the story because it had a great headline, and it would encourage much discussion.
To: Chode
I did not write the story but would not be surprised if someone published a study stating that cigarettes kill 8/5 of smokers.
To: L98Fiero; elkfersupper
hey elk, tell him how your baby sister was cured from her asthma. It's an amazing story, truly amazing.
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posted on
10/17/2006 3:10:56 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: svcw
Three out of four smokers will not get COPD.
That doesn't mean the other 75 won't get other lung diseases - like lung cancer. No males in my family seem to live over the age of 65 - they all seem to die of lung cancer. I'm just praying that my mother and father quit smoking in time to avoid all of that.
This isn't junk science. People who smoke should have all the facts at hand, and people who don't smoke should also know what they might be getting if they start.
To: metesky
Not one of the people on the Puff List has ever claimed that smoking was the healthiest thing to do, but you two fucking assholes keep repeating that shit until you believe it.You could put a bullet into the chamber of a revolver, spin the chamber, cock the hammer and pull the trigger, and you'd still be making a healthier choice than you sorry bunch of consumptive addicts. Not the healthiest thing to do? That's an understatement of the likes even Baghdad Bob would be ashamed of.
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posted on
10/17/2006 3:14:26 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: Alter Kaker; metesky
Sorry, left out the part where you aim the barrel at your temple.
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posted on
10/17/2006 3:15:12 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: trumandogz
As a self described dumb a$$ for smoking many years before quiting 6+ years ago.....a web site that helped me with quiting ..i.e...knowledge is power..www.whyquit.com Prior to that I was quite good at making assine statements defending my addiction...so you smokers don't get on my case...I were one of you...
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posted on
10/17/2006 3:17:51 PM PDT
by
RVN Airplane Driver
("To be born into freedom is an accident; to die in freedom is an obligation..POW input)
To: RVN Airplane Driver
Congratulations.
The hardest drug to quit is nicotine. I quit too late
To: Alter Kaker
You could put a bullet into the chamber of a revolver, spin the chamber, cock the hammer and pull the trigger, and you'd still be making a healthier choice than you sorry bunch of consumptive addicts. Not the healthiest thing to do? That's an understatement of the likes even Baghdad Bob would be ashamed of. Yes, but people should have the right to play Russian Roulette, have unprotected gay sex or smoke cigarettes.
Some, I am sure do all three and live to be 98.
To: Toby06
Smoke up all you smokers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
10/17/2006 3:23:56 PM PDT
by
FightThePower!
(Fight the powers that be!)
To: trumandogz; metesky
Yes, but people should have the right to play Russian Roulette, have unprotected gay sex or smoke cigarettes. Some, I am sure do all three and live to be 98.And that's exactly what smokers and gay men who have anonymous unprotected sex have in common -- because they know a sister's hairdresser's friend's uncle who somehow lived to 98 doing exactly what they're doing, they convince themselves that they too will be an exception. Except they almost never are.
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posted on
10/17/2006 3:28:55 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: trumandogz
This doesn't take a genius to figure out........
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posted on
10/17/2006 3:39:48 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(The old/liberal/socialist media is the most ruthless and destructive enemy of this country.)
To: Alter Kaker
News to some maybe...........
Not most professionals....
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posted on
10/17/2006 3:40:57 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(The old/liberal/socialist media is the most ruthless and destructive enemy of this country.)
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