Surgeon general expands list of diseases linked to smoking

http://releases.usnewswire.com ^ | Updated 5/27/2004 1:44 PM | HHS Press Office

[Wolverine]

Statistics indicate that more than 12 million Americans have died from smoking since the 1964 report of the surgeon general, and another 25 million Americans alive today will most likely die of a smoking-related illness.

More than 44,000,000 have been killed by abortion since 1973.

THE ABORTED STATES OF AMERICA

The map above has been updated to reflect the number of children murdered by surgical abortion in this past year, about 1.4 million in the U.S., roughly half the population of Mississippi, shaded in red. When added to the 17 states in black, this equals a population of 44,000,000. It's the sickening truth America,
44 MILLION innocent babies have been dismembered by surgical abortion since Roe v Wade on January 22, 1973.

[Jeff Gordon]

The FDA has proved that second hand smoke causes paranoia.

[Stentor]

Yep me too, I quit smoking and got Asthma and have felt like crap in the three years I quit. Glad I'm healthier now.

Similar experience along with 50 extra pounds in 6 months. My knees feel like their going to explode.

[Stentor]

their

they're

[Ditter]

50 pounds, bummer. Why did you quit smoking?

[Age of Reason]

Sorry, there's no safe way to drag the products of combustion over some of the most sensitive and fragile tissue in the human body.

Well then, they need to develop a cigarette that delivers nicotene without mixing it with the products of combustion, if any combustion is needed to begin with.

Or at least develop a safe cigar or pipe, of which the enjoyment of either does not require inhaling the products of combustion.

[Ramius]

hehehe...

You know, I don't recall that I started smoking because I thought it was good for me. Why then does everybody think that evidence that it is bad for me will somehow make me want to quit?

[DumpsterDiver]

Now how about spending some of those cigarrette taxes on developing a safe cigarette?

Maybe with some more tax dollars they'll take a shot at it.

Former Surgeons General Seek Cigarette-Tax Increase
February 5, 2004

WASHINGTON, DC -- A $2 increase in the per-pack federal tax on cigarettes would result in some 5 million smokers quitting the habit, according to four former surgeons general.

The group unveiled its tax-increase idea on February 3. The plan also calls for the creation of a nationwide counseling and support line for people who want to quit smoking--a suggestion that found favor with Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, reports the New York Times.

Thompson said that the government would invest in excess of $25 million to establish a toll-free national "quitline" by the end of 2004. In addition, the states would be given money to help them start their own support lines.

The group of former surgeons general--which includes Dr. David Satcher, Dr. C. Everett Koop, Dr. Julius Richmond and Dr. Jesse Steinfeld--also wants additional research conducted on the health risks associated with tobacco use, more in-depth training for physicians and a media campaign highlighting the harmful effects of smoking.

The cigarette excise tax now stands at 39 cents per pack. The surgeons general propose using half of the $28 billion collected from an increased cigarette tax to help fund their plan.

According to the Times, health officials estimate that smoking results in 440,000 premature deaths annually and racks up a health-card bill of $75 billion. Currently, some 50 million Americans smoke.

Although Philip Morris U.S.A. spokesperson Jennifer Golisch said the company backs the government's public-education efforts regarding the effects of smoking, an increase in the per-pack cigarette tax to $2.39 would increase counterfeiting and prompt more smokers to try to buy cheaper cigarettes illegally via the Internet.

"NACS has always opposed an increase in the federal cigarette excise tax and will continue to work with congressional leaders on other tobacco legislation, such as remote sales," noted Allison Shulman, NACS director of government affairs.

[qam1]

Is VD on this list? A lot of people smoke cigarettes after casual sex.

Probably, There is a study
Predictors of seropositivity to herpes simplex virus type 2 in women.

And beyond V.D. Smoking also leads to frostbite and my personal favorite Smoking causes adults to let their children stand up in shopping carts

[SouthernFreebird]

Thanks, it's not that bad. I will never start back up again not after going thru all this but they sure do smell goooooooood when someone fires one up. lol

[SouthernFreebird]

Similar experience along with 50 extra pounds in 6 months. My knees feel like their going to explode. I gained about 40 and held that for 3 years. I am just now working on the weight and will be done with this whole mess by the end of this year. Good luck to you.

[proudofthesouth]

I wish the Surgeon General would do something about perfumes, air freshners, popourri, etc. That stuff is just as, if not more harmful than cigarettes.

[CholeraJoe]

That stuff is just as, if not more harmful than cigarettes.

Bunk. I challenge you for scientifically validated evidence that either are harmful. (Hint: don't post the Helena, Montana study. It's junk science. I know. I live there.)

[uvular]

I'm about the same age as tubby Thommy Thompson; I smoke and I bet I go to the doctor less times than he does. And the things I go for have nothing to do with smoking, unless smoking leads to doing stupid things to aggrivate your back, or make you more likely to be stung by a wasp.

His back and legs must squeal on a daily basis, along with shortness of breath from carrying what looks to be the equivalent of an army backpack permanently attached to his body.

When will all the present and former Surgeons General let us know how much fatties cost us all in excessive medical costs? rant-off

[Mears]

And the beat goes on!!!!!!!!!!

[Mears]

There was also a so-called study that said that children of smokers are more likely to be juvenile delinquents.

Ignore all studies!!!!!!

[Gabz]

Don't forget - in their A-Z listing of things SCIENTIFICALLY linked to smoking, the state of Delaware lists ZITS..........I kid you not.

[Taliesan]

It's amazing what people will say to rationalize their addictions.

Just be honest with yourselves, folks. Just come out and say "Breathing smoke is more important to me than seeing 13 years of my children and grandkids' lives."

Instead, we get humor. Pathetic.

[Conspiracy Guy]

How about hairy legs?

[Rebelbase]

I'm close to someone that works in tobacco manufacturing. It's not just tobacco that people are smoking. There is also a bizaare host of additives, many of which you would not ever consider in the normal course of thought.