All in all, (in my opinion) smoking is bad.
Yay for rants!
I love you Pj.
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 Aug 11 2005, 5:06 am
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All in all, (in my opinion) smoking is bad. Yay for rants! I love you Pj. | |
Breathing is an addiction. So is eating and sleeping. Anything can be an addiction, really. Smoking is bad when done in excess. Unfortunately, with the chemicals and aditive placed in cigarettes these days, it's hard not to use them in excess.
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Smoking is pretty bad for you regardless, Xooxer. Getting a one-off lungful of smoke isn't exactly high on the "healthy living" list.
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Breathing isn't as much an addiction as it is a neccessity. Breathing maintains life, smoking does not. An addiction is when your body is wired to something unneccesary in such a way that it wants/needs more and more of it, and the results can be pretty bad. Eating isn't always an addiction, but some people CAN be addicted to eating, i.e. Eating when you're not hungry, and don't need to eat.
As for smoking, indeed, valid studies show that, even being near people who smoke can have bad effects on your body. | |
Well first, tobbaco/cigerettes is extremely useful in war, it calms people down. Cause of this, its also helpful for people with stress.
Also, the governments make alot of money from the tax on tobbaco/cigerettes, without it, everyone would be taxed even more. If you live in the US, you should actualy be thankful that theres enough stupid people to keep your taxes down :P | |
Hey, I'm fine with other people smoking, as long as I don't have to be near them.
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Acebloke, the government could just as well distribute little packets of those "natural calming" stuffs that you drink to help you relax.
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Cara Lina, look at it this way. If all the people who oppose our world domination, if they smoke they'll kill themselves quicker. Then we can squise their brains!
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I see why people want to, all my friends do it and they got me to try it for a month. I quit after a month or so, though.
People start because it gives you a high for a short period of time, and soon it takes more and more to get that high. They keep smoking because they then begin to crave it. I agree with Xooxer with that it wouldn't be such a big deal if it weren't so hard to do in excess because of how horribly addictive the tobacco companies make them. My mother smoked and drank with me in the womb (sp?), and luckely I don't think the drinking had an effect on me, but the smoking has permanently screwed my lungs up. I am pretty athleticc compared to some people, but I breathe like an obese kid who has never lifted a finger. | |
Actully there is no real backing behind the stamenet that second hand smoke harms other people.
I would think that it has SOME side effects, but I dont believe for an instant that 2nd hand smoke causes cancer in non-smokers. Please keep in mind, I dont even smoke. But the fact is, why do you bother harrassing other people about a habbit they have to deal with? Not you. Don't like ciggerate smoke? There are plenty of places that are smoke free and you can always go there. Finally, from what I read, back in the day, before all those chems were put in ciggerates, smoking was considered healthy for you. | |
Actully there is no real backing behind the stamenet that second hand smoke harms other people. Yes there is. I would think that it has SOME side effects, but I dont believe for an instant that 2nd hand smoke causes cancer in non-smokers. I know cases where it's caused cancer in babies and I'm not a doctor. | |
Except for rare cases, such as the stewardeses who worked on flights where they sill allowed smoking, second hand smoke is not a contributing factor to cancer is non-smokers. Walking by some guy on the street who's smoking a cigarette won't give you lung cancer. Sitting next to someone as they smoke won't either.
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I believe he's talking about someone who lives with a smoker, and they smoke inside.
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Many many many people who smoke never get cancer. They don't get emphasima, and they live happy lives, in good health smoking many times a day. Sure, some people do die from smoking, but many many more people die from a poor diet.
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But, of course, there's not really even a small chance that someone you live with with a poor diet will affect you, at least physically.
And Xooxer, many, many people have been punched in the face and still lived normal lives. Does that mean that there's not a problem with getting punched in the face? | |
i like how cara gets all theese posts lol
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I really don't care about smoking. I smoke only because I feel like it and its something to do, besides smoking takes off the end years of your life THEY SUCK ANYWAY!
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Then smoke THEN, Loto. I guarentee you that you'll want those years when they get close.
Smoking may not always kill you, but I have yet to see a case where it hasn't made the person horribly miserable when they are older. Note that this example comes from observing 10+ families I've seen, since every one of them smoke. | |
Whoa, don't smoke cigarettes. There not cool man. You should only smoke Blunts or Weed. There not as bad as cigarettes... I don't think. Their a little pricey, but who care. You can get higher than any bird or any cloud. But don't do coc, that's just stupid. And know your limits.
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Really? Then what about an addiction to doing good, and helping the needy?
EH?!