Posted on 11/12/2007 6:51:35 AM PST by fanfan
I have had two very bad chest colds since. One dragged on for almost a month. Could it have happened while I was still smoking? Sure.
A friend of mine died several years ago. She had quit smoking about 18 months before her death. She died of a of a cancer that had just riddled her insides with tumors.
“The only two people I know personally who got lung cancer never smoked at all.”
And all the ones I know DID smoke and were still smoking when they were diagnosed. My grandfather died of emphysema after smoking three packs a day for years. I think that had something to do with it.
I have said over and over again here that the rude insistence of ‘some’ smokers to have things like they were in the 40’s 50’s 60’s etc. (the good old days) was the reason for the total bans that they are experiencing now.There is just simply more of us than there is of them and the majority rules.
The tobacco smoke really does stink, it gets on your clothes and smells seriously bad but, one that smokes never knows this until the stop smoking
I think a lot of it is genes AND diet.....my Uncle smoked (and CHAIN smoked...ewww) from the age of 16 until the months before he had heart surgery (and died) the day before his 80th birthday.....but, he also ate lots of grapefruit and thought that helped him prevent cancer....FWIW.
Perfumes and fragrances do it to me, also. No scented anything in our house and it smells fine, but then again, there’s no odors to cover up either, and you know the two major sources of that.
I hate smoking and Mr. CGG smokes BUT I compare his smoking to my mom’s addiction to her anti-anxiety drugs. Both are used to make them feel better, both are addictive, both are expensive. It’s just that addiction to prescription drugs is more socially acceptable than smoking but there’s no taxable income to the state from the drugs.
I don't believe there are any known cases.
It really is strange how all of that works. I quit Feb. ‘06, now I am thinking of going to have to go see an oncologist. Story obviously planted by the oil industry.:-)
I still bowl and, as you probably know, bowlers smoke. The smell is so strong that more than once when I’ve come home my wife has asked me if I started smoking again.
It may be that people who can finally kick the smoking habit are already sick even though they haven't been diagnosed yet, and so they're more likely to be able to resist the habit.
I don't know. It certainly was strange and a terrible way to die.
I’d prefer the anti-anxiety drugs. Cheaper and they don’t smell bad.
“My dogs (and my husband) are the major source of bad smells around here. He chews but that doesn’t stink. LOL!”
One of our cats just fumigated the room. Ugh.
The headline is wrong, as are most.
“Giving up smoking can kill you”.
No. How about:
“Cancer appears when smoking is stopped”.
Not the same thing.
This should open up a path for research on prevention of cancer. Perhaps a gradual withdrawal is the answer.
Not only Junk Science but Nonsense in that the "researchers" failed to use a sample size that was statistically significant.
But, as I have seen on this thread and many others many are more than willing to buy into junk science and grasp onto even more Anecdotal evidence .
LO! We have 4 dogs and some times~~~~~~~~~~~
Giving up chocolate probably isn’t hazardous to the person doing the giving up but those they encounter who tick them off. The following is not mine but sent to me by my sister.
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Subject: Hormones
The Hormone Hostage knows that there are days in the month when all a man
has to do is open his mouth and he takes his very life into his own hands!
This is a handy guide that should be as common as a driver’s license in the
wallet of every husband, boyfriend, or significant other!!
DANGEROUS: What’s for dinner?
SAFER: Can I help you with dinner?
SAFEST: Where would you like to go for dinner?
ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.
DANGEROUS: Are you wearing that?
SAFER: Gee, you look good in brown.
SAFEST: WOW! Look at you!
ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.
DANGEROUS: What are you so worked up about?
SAFER: What did I do wrong?
SAFEST: Here’s fifty dollars.
ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.
DANGEROUS: Should you be eating that?
SAFER: You know, there are a lot of apples left.
SAFEST: Can I get you a glass of wine with that?
ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.
DANGEROUS: What did you do all day?
SAFER: I hope you didn’t overdo it today.
SAFEST: I’ve always loved you in that robe!
ULTRASAFE: Here, have some more chocolate.
13 Things PMS Stands For:
1. Pass My Shotgun
2. Psychotic Mood Shift
3. Perpetual Munching Spree
4. Puffy Mid-Section
5. People Make me Sick
6. Provide Me with Sweets
7. Pardon My Sobbing
8. Pimples May Surface
9. Pass My Sweatpants
10. Pissy Mood Syndrome
11. Plainly; Men Suck
12. Pack My Stuff........And my favorite one...
13. Potential Murder Suspect
Pass this onto all of your hormonal friends and those who might need a good
laugh! Or men who need a warning! And remember: Money talks...but chocolate
sings.
Another thing to giggle about... My husband, not happy with my mood swings,
bought me a mood ring the other day so he would be able to monitor my
moods. When I’m in a good mood, it turns green. When I’m in a bad mood, it
leaves a big red mark on his forehead. Maybe next time he’ll buy me
diamonds. Here have some chocolate.
Everybody........they’ll call it the carbon tax.
We’re very allergic to animals so that’s one down.
Even as a teenager, I somehow knew that with my allergies, smoking would do me in, and that was in the 60’s and 70’s before all this came out.
BTW, it’s not my cooking either, nor do I let my garbage pile up enough to stink (as all those commercials would have you believe).
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