The ability to identify and completely disregard junk science, for example...
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 01/15/2011 4:28:25 PM PST by Drango
BS. Ban any combustion engines and factory smoke then we'll talk.
Why are you so bent on controlling people?
Because he's a hateful nanny stater.
Why are there any smokers still alive today?
I never said cigarettes should be banned, smoke them if you want.
I simply can’t stand the willful ignorance by many on FR with regard to smoking and second-hand smoke.
I’ve seen it’s effects for myself and don’t need a plethora of medical studies to know it is bad for you.
But hey, smoke em’ if you got em’!
Good grief, don’t get these busybodies started on pot, they’ll go into the vapours.
It says that for many reasons the human gene pool has been accumulating defects, many silent junk genes, but they do have their effect in the ultimate devolution of mankind whose salvation will come only from the saving grace of The LORD and His return.
The article didn't say anything about addicting children. Haven't you beaten that straw man to death yet?
Some folks smoke cigarettes and some folks sniff glue. We have to make lots of choices and we can’t expect to live forever - here on earth, that is.
I’ve always noted that when someone wants to commit SUICIDE, they almost never go into the garage and light up a cigarette. Most often they start up their car...
Who made it your job to prevent people from getting cancer in this particular way?
No thanks on the smoking, I quit long ago.
Thanks for revealing the real reason behind your problem.
I’ll leave you alone now.
I understand they are trying to get people to quit smoking. But, when you make sweeping statements, that in reflection are ehically questionable.
If the above statements were true then the earth would be inhabited by cancer ridden genetically altered freaks.
some people may be willing to accept this but frankly this kind of stuff does damage to the campaigns to stop smoking.
Yes smoking has negative health effects and is addictive.
However teenagers have always done stupid things that have lasting effects on their lives and there is little government can or should do about it.
The effects of smoking on health in the short term is relatively benign comparatively speaking to other things that teens do to themselves.
Consider the communicable diseases that teens get from tattoos and sex.
Consider the permanent effects to the brain and circulatory system caused by huffing paint or gasoline.
Cigarettes are probably the most benign drug that most rebellious teens will ever be exposed to and some studies show that cigarettes do have beneficial effects long term (they usually do not out weigh the negatives but that is debatable depending on the individual).
It is already illegal to sell cigarettes to teens in most states; I do not see any other useful actions available to government.
I you want to do something useful get some parents together and persuade them to keep their teens at home where they have some control over them.
Reading you admit this about a study must mean it was really REALLY bad.
Using 12 volunteer smokers
12 volunteer smokers? That's quite a large number, and no control group either. Why, this study must be the best ever done!</sarc>
The research was funded by the National Cancer Institute.
Follow the money.
Like I said, don’t expect intelligent responses...
Smoking Linked to Lower IQ, Diminished Thinking
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,172019,00.html
Researchers found long-term cigarette smoking was associated with diminished thinking skills as well as lower IQ among a group of alcoholic and nonalcoholic men.
The ability to identify and completely disregard junk science, for example...
If everyone suffered from smoking and second hand smoke all of us who were born in the ‘50s would be dead. Almost everybody smoked everywhere. My doctor used to smoke while he examined you, lol. Both my parents smoked and so did most of their friends. You couldn’t escape the smoke.
Sounds like total BS to me. The majority of people who ever smoke eventually quit and only a tiny percentage of smokers end up with cancer. I don’t smoke regularly, but will take an occasional puff, especially if offered a hookah.
The hysteria is breathtaking, isn’t it.
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