nice quote - here's another one:
"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."
1 Cor. 6:19,20.
Cigarettes are NOT good for you - the case is closed. A doctor should be concernd with the whole person. Smoking is the single biggest controlable factor affecting health - in other words - if people would just quit smoking their symptoms would recede. The relationship between smoking and emphysema should give any smoker pause - you DON'T get better. Telling people to quit destructive health habits is most definitely in the purview of the physician. You can do whatever you want, but don't expect me to tell you its smart or "ok". Furthermore, if the body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, perhaps we should not selfishly taint our bodies with "things" known to be harmful simply because "it feels good".
Telling people to quit destructive health habits is most definitely in the purview of the physician
You're a mechanic, highly paid and educated, but still a mechanic.
Someone comes to you with a problem, you're professionally obligated to tell them what caused the problem. And if you can't fix it because of some action on their part, that's their problem. You've discharged your duty.
Your injecting your religious or personal philosophy into what should an arm's length, professional and science-based relationship diminishes your authority.
No it is not closed! If you stand by your posted scripture then lets hear you decry the consumption of alcohol, the consumption of beef and the increasing numbers of atmospheric poluting SUV's......For that matter the increasing numbers of automobiles in general!
I love it when you bible quoting thumpers attempt to impose your scriptures on those who do not conform to your own twisted ideals of what the rest of us should or shouldn't do as quoted by "realpatriot71"
No one here has said anything different. What's your problem?
Smoking is the single biggest controlable factor affecting health - in other words - if people would just quit smoking their symptoms would recede.
Pardon me while I finish laughing at your obvious swallowing of the Koolaid.
The relationship between smoking and emphysema should give any smoker pause - you DON'T get better.
Gee, how come I know so many people with emphysema that have never smoked and no smoker I know has any problems with it? Could it have something to do with the fact that most people have some form of it practically since birth and it just surfaces in some people, smoker or non?