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Secondhand smoke puts kids in the emergency room all the time if they are prone to asthma. I had to quit going to bars back when smoking was allowed because every time I went and sucked in secondhand smoked I'd spend the wee hours of the night in emergency. Secondhand smoking dangers are real. I think I agree with you about third hand smoking. That seems far-fetched.
Just about the last bunch of idiots I'm gonna believe, now or ever, is the messed up CDC.
As far as your personal issues, perhaps they were caused by other things (I mentioned jet fuel), and simply aggravated by cig smoke. I'm not convinced. There are far too many other things causing overwhelming cases of asthma and other breathing conditions.
I don't know. I just know there are too many healthy smokers and too many unhealthy non-smokers. It doesn't compute.
Is it cool to defy death and win? Yep...some will die from smoking- others will die at 90 with a smoke in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other...Death does not play favorites..It can some for the clean lunged jogger as well as the filthy smoker.
Is it cool to defy death and win? Yep...some will die from smoking- others will die at 90 with a smoke in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other...Death does not play favorites..It can some for the clean lunged jogger as well as the filthy smoker.
Everytime I fire that ^^ "stinger" (MIG welder) up...I get a face full. Am I going to stop building cars and racing?
Hell no....that's what girly men do!
Thankfully, smoking is indeed still cool because it's still an act of rebellion. The anti-smoking lobby is composed mainly of overly-moralistic *******s who think it's their god-given right to tell other people how to live their lives. I don't smoke, but I sleep better at night knowing that in our modern risk-averse society, one can still decide to light up a cigarette without being arrested for their own protection.
Depends on who's doing it. Some hot Italian or Irish(or a mix) guy leaning up against a building/car smokin, I'm sorry but that's sexy and cool. Me smoking? It doesn't look cool (to my knowledge) but it sure as hell makes me feel better.
Its cool to be a social smoker when you drink or what ever, but letting it take over your life is just stupid.
I guess if it was just kept to this, it wouldn't be so deadly, right? I mean, eating a candy bar or drinking a glass of wine on occasion is not going to have devastating consequences. But having to take a "break" every 30 minutes or so to eat a candy bar or drink a glass of wine is probably going to cause you problems, right?.
I was a smoker for 18 years, I get it. It is relaxing to smoke, it is even fun to smoke. It goes great with a cup of coffee or a beer, something people who have never smoked don't understand. And, it's not easy to quit, but no way is it impossible.
I quit when I saw what a slow, painful, horrible death my 38 year old cousin endured from lung cancer because he refused to even try to give them up. I saw the pain it cause his two young sons. It was one of those sons that found him dead. I realized then it was the same as playing Russian Roulette - you've got to have a death wish to continue. I don't mind dying, but I decided I didn't want to go out of here gasping for breath, coughing up bits of my own tissue, and knowing all along I did it to myself.
I still carry the extra 20 pounds I gained after I quit, but never any regrets.
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