Posted on 06/10/2009 3:26:30 PM PDT by Drango
That’s four and counting. What’s the limit?
So parents are chopped liver then?
Whatever you say.
“3,500 x 365 = 12.7 million..a year..I call BullSh%t !”
I call it right along with you. This is a statistic like the government used to tell us how many people were becoming homeless every day back in the late 1980s. Using their figure, I think it was said that by 1992 or 1993 everyone in the country would be homeless.
Government numbers are pure fiction used to stimulate emotions to get people to go down the wrong path. After all, emotions are easier than logic.
My mother had 5 siblings plus her parents, for a total of 7. All except her smoked, drank and raised hell in general. She lead a very healthy Christian life. They all died between 85 and 89.
Her nephew, my cousin, quit at age sixty. He did of lung cancer at age sixty-one. His mother, my aunt and my mother’s older sister, quit when she was 88. She died of lung cancer at 89.
Of course these are just antidotal but they were in my small circle of relatives. I have smoked for 56 years and feel great and am in great shape as far as I know. All medical test and x-rays come out great.
As always with government, it is about money and control, nothing more.
OK...There are about 32 million kids 10-18. What is your number or estimate for those who tried tobacco for the first time? 12 million? 10 million? 1 million? Zero?
You are being played by socialists and can't even see it.
You are being played by the addicts and can’t even see it.
Huh???????????
Those “addicts” aren’t preaching big government intervention into private lives. You are.
I included you because I was responding to a post addressed to you. :-) That is considered proper FR etiquette.
This is about Dick (Dirtbag) Durbin, my senator? More babies have died under his watch than those that died from smoking!
He doesn’t care about life. He won’t let many to live long enough to determine whether they would wish to smoke or not.
Sorry anything he says is bogus. Just a hypocrite.
Blessings, Greg
Not only that, but obesity has really become a problem in the U.S. — particularly among children — responsible for myriad health issues, from diabetes to heart disease. Congress really should ban all fatty foods.
And let’s not forget all the health and social problems caused by alcohol. Hopefully Congress will address that soon as well.
I really must express how grateful I am that our people in government, and even here on this forum, are willing to take time out of their busy schedules to legislate every aspect my life so that I won’t ever make any bad decisions.
You guys are simply the best!!!
We should have dropped Tobacco on Japan instead on Nukes. Many other products that were considered to be much less dangerous were banned. If this Legal product that cannot be used anywhere meets that Dangerous and Addictive criteria, ban it. Just quit eating at the edges and giving Lawyers lots of easy Pay Days.
We should have dropped Tobacco on Japan instead of Nukes. Many other products that were considered to be much less dangerous were banned. If this Legal product that cannot be used anywhere meets that Dangerous and Addictive criteria, ban it. Just quit eating at the edges and giving Lawyers lots of easy Pay Days.
Wouldn't have worked as they smoke more and have a lower cancer rate.
and before you go off, I've tried tracking down the research everyone quotes. I've seen that figure reported in 1989.
I've seen 4000, I've seen 6000 with 3000 of those becoming addicted. Still haven't found the concrete research.
If you can find it, I'd be more than willing to read it. Until then, pick a number.
“OK...There are about 32 million kids 10-18. What is your number or estimate for those who tried tobacco for the first time? 12 million? 10 million? 1 million? Zero?”
For one, who cares? For another, considering the “tobacco is evil” mantra that has run for the last 10 plus years, I’m seriously doubting that 3,500 kids a day are trying smoking. I’m one who demands proof of things. I want to see the studies where this statistic was discovered.
If you want to trust the government or an entity that has a stake in this debate, then you might as well sign up for the democratic party. They swallow everything they are told by our beloved leaders hook, line, and sinker.
Now, if by some miracle of miracles, this number is even close to true, then the government needs to stop this “regulate” it and just simply ban it. After all, they know better than we do right?
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