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Drumroll.....today, I had the brainstorm of quitting. Cold turkey. But...it didn't happen. Mr Gracie was freaking out at my blood pressure so he said he does want me to quit (3 years this month for him being smoke free) on MY terms. So..I did a bit of googling to find the right procedure for me that others have tried and since this is about the 6th or 7th time I have tried to quit..and did this before the way I am doing it now and almost made it....I will give it another go.
3 to 5 cigs per day. Smoke half, then the other half when I begin to climb the walls. I feel a little loopy but I am not freaking out knowing that half a butt is there if I need it. So today...I just smoked the last half of my 3rd cig. To me, that is a BIG thing. Three. 3!!!! All day!!! Tomorrow..the same. I will set 5 aside and see if I can have 1 or 2 leftovers for Saturday. I will be doing this all month and by january..I might be able to put them down for good.
You don't get a drum-roll until you've quit for 6 months.
I understand that you wished death on me, due to the fact that we disagree on what's happening in Ferguson, but I still wish you the best of luck. It took me at least 15 attempts before I was disgusted enough to quit. If I can do it, anyone can.
When you are really serious, there won't be any 3-5 smokes per day.
Drumroll.....today, I had the brainstorm of quitting. Cold turkey. But...it didn't happen. Mr Gracie was freaking out at my blood pressure so he said he does want me to quit (3 years this month for him being smoke free) on MY terms. So..I did a bit of googling to find the right procedure for me that others have tried and since this is about the 6th or 7th time I have tried to quit..and did this before the way I am doing it now and almost made it....I will give it another go.
3 to 5 cigs per day. Smoke half, then the other half when I begin to climb the walls. I feel a little loopy but I am not freaking out knowing that half a butt is there if I need it. So today...I just smoked the last half of my 3rd cig. To me, that is a BIG thing. Three. 3!!!! All day!!! Tomorrow..the same. I will set 5 aside and see if I can have 1 or 2 leftovers for Saturday. I will be doing this all month and by january..I might be able to put them down for good.
You don't get a drum-roll until you've quit for 6 months.
I understand that you wished death on me, due to the fact that we disagree on what's happening in Ferguson, but I still wish you the best of luck. It took me at least 15 attempts before I was disgusted enough to quit. If I can do it, anyone can.
When you are really serious, there won't be any 3-5 smokes per day.
In my experience the hump is 2 months. After that it's downhill.
Count the hours Gracie, and stretch 'em until hours become days. Then stretch days into weeks. By the time you get to months, you'd need a reason to go back. But by then your olfactories will have returned enough that you won't be able to think of one.
Keep this in mind, because it helped me -- "It's not an addiction.. it's a habit."
Health care for smokers is higher than for those who don't smoke. Especially when people get older. So, all that smoking in the South and the Bible Belt (conservative regions of the country) will cost the rest of us a great deal in taxes and insurance rates to make up the difference..
Smoking rate for U.S. adults drops to record low...
Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults last year touched its lowest on record, a drop spurred by higher prices, smoke-free policies and anti-smoking campaigns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
About 17.8 percent of American adults smoked cigarettes in 2013, down from 20.9 percent in 2005 and 42.4 percent in 1965, when the U.S. government began keeping records on smoking, the federal health agency said.
<snip>
The U.S. Midwest has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, and the West has the lowest, according to the study.
Lesbians, gays and bisexual adults smoke about 50 percent more cigarettes than heterosexual people, the CDC said.
<snip>
States With Smoking Bans Tend to Have Lower Smoking Rates
The life expectancy for a smoker in the United States is about 64, which is 14 years shorter than the national average (which includes smokers), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Going by these numbers it becomes clear that few pastimes, habits or addictions are deadlier than smoking. Only Russian roulette and scorpion juggling come to mind.
Much more than cancer
Part of the problem of the misconception of real risks is the emphasis on smoking and lung cancer. The greater danger is from vascular diseases leading to heart attacks and stroke, which kill more smokers than all cancers combined. Toxins in the tobacco smoke cause inflammation and hardening in the arteries.
Nearly as common as lung cancer among smokers is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which entails the narrowing of airways in the lung, largely in the form of chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Bronchitis is a result of smoking-induced inflammation; emphysema stems from cigarette smoking hardening the alveoli, the little sacks in the lungs where oxygen meets blood.
If painful death as a middle-age adult doesn't move you, consider life-quality issues. Smokers get sick more often because smoke paralyzes tiny hair-like structures in the lungs called cilia, which otherwise sweep dirt and bacteria out of your lungs. Smokers have less endurance, particularly sexual endurance, because carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in the blood.
Yet the core argument of ardent smokers remains firm: Smoking doesn't kill everyone. About 50 percent of smokers do reach old age, albeit with diminished taste buds, diminished endurance, diminished eyesight, yellow teeth and bad breath.
As with Obamacare, rightwing/Republicans will say passing regulations/laws that "force" people to live longer, healthier, more productive lives is... is a bad thing? And-----and they'll say they should have the right to become a burden on society, their families, loved oines and-----and to commit suicide by cigarette.
.
Drumroll.....today, I had the brainstorm of quitting. Cold turkey. But...it didn't happen. Mr Gracie was freaking out at my blood pressure so he said he does want me to quit (3 years this month for him being smoke free) on MY terms. So..I did a bit of googling to find the right procedure for me that others have tried and since this is about the 6th or 7th time I have tried to quit..and did this before the way I am doing it now and almost made it....I will give it another go.
3 to 5 cigs per day. Smoke half, then the other half when I begin to climb the walls. I feel a little loopy but I am not freaking out knowing that half a butt is there if I need it. So today...I just smoked the last half of my 3rd cig. To me, that is a BIG thing. Three. 3!!!! All day!!! Tomorrow..the same. I will set 5 aside and see if I can have 1 or 2 leftovers for Saturday. I will be doing this all month and by january..I might be able to put them down for good.
You don't get a drum-roll until you've quit for 6 months.
I understand that you wished death on me, due to the fact that we disagree on what's happening in Ferguson, but I still wish you the best of luck. It took me at least 15 attempts before I was disgusted enough to quit. If I can do it, anyone can.
When you are really serious, there won't be any 3-5 smokes per day.
In my experience the hump is 2 months. After that it's downhill.
Count the hours Gracie, and stretch 'em until hours become days. Then stretch days into weeks. By the time you get to months, you'd need a reason to go back. But by then your olfactories will have returned enough that you won't be able to think of one.
Keep this in mind, because it helped me -- "It's not an addiction.. it's a habit."
I think the first 3 days are a combo of addiction and habit. Of course it's the habit part that's the hardest to break.
Sometimes when my neighbor is outside smoking, I'll go stand by her so I can smell it.
Maybe some of you rubes should get the facts about smoking and second hand smoke instead of listening to the propaganda put out by the left and all the other control freaks. The United Nations World Health Organization did a study back in the 90's and found no significant effects from second hand smoke and actually found that the children of smokers were at a decreased risk of lung cancer of 22%. A pdf of the complete study is available at the link.
The World Health Organization's first study on SHS is a textbook example of the right way to conduct an epidemiological study. Unfortunately for them, it yielded unexpected results. They responded by doing a second one, a meta-analysis, that allowed them to extract the results they wanted. This is an analysis of their first study.
The WHO s First Study on Second Hand Smoke
What a pile of dog poo. Looks like someone has justified blowing smoke on their family.
Argue with the study authors, I just provided the study. But a study done to accepted scientific standards is a bit hard to argue with.
Your link took me to davehitt.com. My advise is to ask your doctor about second hand smoke...but then, we already know the answer, don't we?
Smokers die younger, and cost less. It's math. Work hard, die young. Works out great.Health care for smokers is higher than for those who don't smoke. Especially when people get older. So, all that smoking in the South and the Bible Belt (conservative regions of the country) will cost the rest of us a great deal in taxes and insurance rates to make up the difference..
Smoking rate for U.S. adults drops to record low...
Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults last year touched its lowest on record, a drop spurred by higher prices, smoke-free policies and anti-smoking campaigns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
About 17.8 percent of American adults smoked cigarettes in 2013, down from 20.9 percent in 2005 and 42.4 percent in 1965, when the U.S. government began keeping records on smoking, the federal health agency said.
<snip>
The U.S. Midwest has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, and the West has the lowest, according to the study.
Lesbians, gays and bisexual adults smoke about 50 percent more cigarettes than heterosexual people, the CDC said.
<snip>
States With Smoking Bans Tend to Have Lower Smoking Rates
The life expectancy for a smoker in the United States is about 64, which is 14 years shorter than the national average (which includes smokers), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Going by these numbers it becomes clear that few pastimes, habits or addictions are deadlier than smoking. Only Russian roulette and scorpion juggling come to mind.
Much more than cancer
Part of the problem of the misconception of real risks is the emphasis on smoking and lung cancer. The greater danger is from vascular diseases leading to heart attacks and stroke, which kill more smokers than all cancers combined. Toxins in the tobacco smoke cause inflammation and hardening in the arteries.
Nearly as common as lung cancer among smokers is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which entails the narrowing of airways in the lung, largely in the form of chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Bronchitis is a result of smoking-induced inflammation; emphysema stems from cigarette smoking hardening the alveoli, the little sacks in the lungs where oxygen meets blood.
If painful death as a middle-age adult doesn't move you, consider life-quality issues. Smokers get sick more often because smoke paralyzes tiny hair-like structures in the lungs called cilia, which otherwise sweep dirt and bacteria out of your lungs. Smokers have less endurance, particularly sexual endurance, because carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in the blood.
Yet the core argument of ardent smokers remains firm: Smoking doesn't kill everyone. About 50 percent of smokers do reach old age, albeit with diminished taste buds, diminished endurance, diminished eyesight, yellow teeth and bad breath.
As with Obamacare, rightwing/Republicans will say passing regulations/laws that "force" people to live longer, healthier, more productive lives is... is a bad thing? And-----and they'll say they should have the right to become a burden on society, their families, loved oines and-----and to commit suicide by cigarette.
.
Health care for smokers is higher than for those who don't smoke. Especially when people get older. So, all that smoking in the South and the Bible Belt (conservative regions of the country) will cost the rest of us a great deal in taxes and insurance rates to make up the difference..
Smoking rate for U.S. adults drops to record low...
Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults last year touched its lowest on record, a drop spurred by higher prices, smoke-free policies and anti-smoking campaigns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
About 17.8 percent of American adults smoked cigarettes in 2013, down from 20.9 percent in 2005 and 42.4 percent in 1965, when the U.S. government began keeping records on smoking, the federal health agency said.
<snip>
The U.S. Midwest has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, and the West has the lowest, according to the study.
Lesbians, gays and bisexual adults smoke about 50 percent more cigarettes than heterosexual people, the CDC said.
<snip>
States With Smoking Bans Tend to Have Lower Smoking Rates
The life expectancy for a smoker in the United States is about 64, which is 14 years shorter than the national average (which includes smokers), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Going by these numbers it becomes clear that few pastimes, habits or addictions are deadlier than smoking. Only Russian roulette and scorpion juggling come to mind.
Much more than cancer
Part of the problem of the misconception of real risks is the emphasis on smoking and lung cancer. The greater danger is from vascular diseases leading to heart attacks and stroke, which kill more smokers than all cancers combined. Toxins in the tobacco smoke cause inflammation and hardening in the arteries.
Nearly as common as lung cancer among smokers is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which entails the narrowing of airways in the lung, largely in the form of chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Bronchitis is a result of smoking-induced inflammation; emphysema stems from cigarette smoking hardening the alveoli, the little sacks in the lungs where oxygen meets blood.
If painful death as a middle-age adult doesn't move you, consider life-quality issues. Smokers get sick more often because smoke paralyzes tiny hair-like structures in the lungs called cilia, which otherwise sweep dirt and bacteria out of your lungs. Smokers have less endurance, particularly sexual endurance, because carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in the blood.
Yet the core argument of ardent smokers remains firm: Smoking doesn't kill everyone. About 50 percent of smokers do reach old age, albeit with diminished taste buds, diminished endurance, diminished eyesight, yellow teeth and bad breath.
As with Obamacare, rightwing/Republicans will say passing regulations/laws that "force" people to live longer, healthier, more productive lives is... is a bad thing? And-----and they'll say they should have the right to become a burden on society, their families, loved oines and-----and to commit suicide by cigarette.
.
Well, it isn't actually the same thing because, for one thing, driving fast cars or riding motorcycles is not as pervasive throughout the populace as smoking is. We have far, far more people who, as they age, develop health problems due to smoking than we have problems due to high risk behavior such as driving too fast or riding motorcycles. And, in fact, driving too fast is prohibited by law, so we are already doing something about that. We do not prohibit by law smoking cigarettes. And we have laws forcing motorcycylists to wear helmets. So, your analogy does not work.Health care for smokers is higher than for those who don't smoke. Especially when people get older. So, all that smoking in the South and the Bible Belt (conservative regions of the country) will cost the rest of us a great deal in taxes and insurance rates to make up the difference..
Smoking rate for U.S. adults drops to record low...
Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults last year touched its lowest on record, a drop spurred by higher prices, smoke-free policies and anti-smoking campaigns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
About 17.8 percent of American adults smoked cigarettes in 2013, down from 20.9 percent in 2005 and 42.4 percent in 1965, when the U.S. government began keeping records on smoking, the federal health agency said.
<snip>
The U.S. Midwest has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, and the West has the lowest, according to the study.
Lesbians, gays and bisexual adults smoke about 50 percent more cigarettes than heterosexual people, the CDC said.
<snip>
States With Smoking Bans Tend to Have Lower Smoking Rates
The life expectancy for a smoker in the United States is about 64, which is 14 years shorter than the national average (which includes smokers), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Going by these numbers it becomes clear that few pastimes, habits or addictions are deadlier than smoking. Only Russian roulette and scorpion juggling come to mind.
Much more than cancer
Part of the problem of the misconception of real risks is the emphasis on smoking and lung cancer. The greater danger is from vascular diseases leading to heart attacks and stroke, which kill more smokers than all cancers combined. Toxins in the tobacco smoke cause inflammation and hardening in the arteries.
Nearly as common as lung cancer among smokers is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which entails the narrowing of airways in the lung, largely in the form of chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Bronchitis is a result of smoking-induced inflammation; emphysema stems from cigarette smoking hardening the alveoli, the little sacks in the lungs where oxygen meets blood.
If painful death as a middle-age adult doesn't move you, consider life-quality issues. Smokers get sick more often because smoke paralyzes tiny hair-like structures in the lungs called cilia, which otherwise sweep dirt and bacteria out of your lungs. Smokers have less endurance, particularly sexual endurance, because carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in the blood.
Yet the core argument of ardent smokers remains firm: Smoking doesn't kill everyone. About 50 percent of smokers do reach old age, albeit with diminished taste buds, diminished endurance, diminished eyesight, yellow teeth and bad breath.
As with Obamacare, rightwing/Republicans will say passing regulations/laws that "force" people to live longer, healthier, more productive lives is... is a bad thing? And-----and they'll say they should have the right to become a burden on society, their families, loved oines and-----and to commit suicide by cigarette.
.
The same applies to people that ride motorcycles and drive cars fast, should we ban all private transportation just because a few drive up to cost of insurance?
Health care for smokers is higher than for those who don't smoke. Especially when people get older. So, all that smoking in the South and the Bible Belt (conservative regions of the country) will cost the rest of us a great deal in taxes and insurance rates to make up the difference..
Smoking rate for U.S. adults drops to record low...
Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults last year touched its lowest on record, a drop spurred by higher prices, smoke-free policies and anti-smoking campaigns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
About 17.8 percent of American adults smoked cigarettes in 2013, down from 20.9 percent in 2005 and 42.4 percent in 1965, when the U.S. government began keeping records on smoking, the federal health agency said.
<snip>
The U.S. Midwest has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, and the West has the lowest, according to the study.
Lesbians, gays and bisexual adults smoke about 50 percent more cigarettes than heterosexual people, the CDC said.
<snip>
States With Smoking Bans Tend to Have Lower Smoking Rates
The life expectancy for a smoker in the United States is about 64, which is 14 years shorter than the national average (which includes smokers), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Going by these numbers it becomes clear that few pastimes, habits or addictions are deadlier than smoking. Only Russian roulette and scorpion juggling come to mind.
Much more than cancer
Part of the problem of the misconception of real risks is the emphasis on smoking and lung cancer. The greater danger is from vascular diseases leading to heart attacks and stroke, which kill more smokers than all cancers combined. Toxins in the tobacco smoke cause inflammation and hardening in the arteries.
Nearly as common as lung cancer among smokers is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which entails the narrowing of airways in the lung, largely in the form of chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Bronchitis is a result of smoking-induced inflammation; emphysema stems from cigarette smoking hardening the alveoli, the little sacks in the lungs where oxygen meets blood.
If painful death as a middle-age adult doesn't move you, consider life-quality issues. Smokers get sick more often because smoke paralyzes tiny hair-like structures in the lungs called cilia, which otherwise sweep dirt and bacteria out of your lungs. Smokers have less endurance, particularly sexual endurance, because carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in the blood.
Yet the core argument of ardent smokers remains firm: Smoking doesn't kill everyone. About 50 percent of smokers do reach old age, albeit with diminished taste buds, diminished endurance, diminished eyesight, yellow teeth and bad breath.
As with Obamacare, rightwing/Republicans will say passing regulations/laws that "force" people to live longer, healthier, more productive lives is... is a bad thing? And-----and they'll say they should have the right to become a burden on society, their families, loved oines and-----and to commit suicide by cigarette.
.
The same applies to people that ride motorcycles and drive cars fast, should we ban all private transportation just because a few drive up to cost of insurance?
Health care for smokers is higher than for those who don't smoke. Especially when people get older. So, all that smoking in the South and the Bible Belt (conservative regions of the country) will cost the rest of us a great deal in taxes and insurance rates to make up the difference..
Smoking rate for U.S. adults drops to record low...
Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults last year touched its lowest on record, a drop spurred by higher prices, smoke-free policies and anti-smoking campaigns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
About 17.8 percent of American adults smoked cigarettes in 2013, down from 20.9 percent in 2005 and 42.4 percent in 1965, when the U.S. government began keeping records on smoking, the federal health agency said.
<snip>
The U.S. Midwest has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, and the West has the lowest, according to the study.
Lesbians, gays and bisexual adults smoke about 50 percent more cigarettes than heterosexual people, the CDC said.
<snip>
States With Smoking Bans Tend to Have Lower Smoking Rates
The life expectancy for a smoker in the United States is about 64, which is 14 years shorter than the national average (which includes smokers), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Going by these numbers it becomes clear that few pastimes, habits or addictions are deadlier than smoking. Only Russian roulette and scorpion juggling come to mind.
Much more than cancer
Part of the problem of the misconception of real risks is the emphasis on smoking and lung cancer. The greater danger is from vascular diseases leading to heart attacks and stroke, which kill more smokers than all cancers combined. Toxins in the tobacco smoke cause inflammation and hardening in the arteries.
Nearly as common as lung cancer among smokers is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which entails the narrowing of airways in the lung, largely in the form of chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Bronchitis is a result of smoking-induced inflammation; emphysema stems from cigarette smoking hardening the alveoli, the little sacks in the lungs where oxygen meets blood.
If painful death as a middle-age adult doesn't move you, consider life-quality issues. Smokers get sick more often because smoke paralyzes tiny hair-like structures in the lungs called cilia, which otherwise sweep dirt and bacteria out of your lungs. Smokers have less endurance, particularly sexual endurance, because carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in the blood.
Yet the core argument of ardent smokers remains firm: Smoking doesn't kill everyone. About 50 percent of smokers do reach old age, albeit with diminished taste buds, diminished endurance, diminished eyesight, yellow teeth and bad breath.
As with Obamacare, rightwing/Republicans will say passing regulations/laws that "force" people to live longer, healthier, more productive lives is... is a bad thing? And-----and they'll say they should have the right to become a burden on society, their families, loved oines and-----and to commit suicide by cigarette.
.
The same applies to people that ride motorcycles and drive cars fast, should we ban all private transportation just because a few drive up to cost of insurance?
Drumroll.....today, I had the brainstorm of quitting. Cold turkey. But...it didn't happen. Mr Gracie was freaking out at my blood pressure so he said he does want me to quit (3 years this month for him being smoke free) on MY terms. So..I did a bit of googling to find the right procedure for me that others have tried and since this is about the 6th or 7th time I have tried to quit..and did this before the way I am doing it now and almost made it....I will give it another go.
3 to 5 cigs per day. Smoke half, then the other half when I begin to climb the walls. I feel a little loopy but I am not freaking out knowing that half a butt is there if I need it. So today...I just smoked the last half of my 3rd cig. To me, that is a BIG thing. Three. 3!!!! All day!!! Tomorrow..the same. I will set 5 aside and see if I can have 1 or 2 leftovers for Saturday. I will be doing this all month and by january..I might be able to put them down for good.
You don't get a drum-roll until you've quit for 6 months.
I understand that you wished death on me, due to the fact that we disagree on what's happening in Ferguson, but I still wish you the best of luck. It took me at least 15 attempts before I was disgusted enough to quit. If I can do it, anyone can.
When you are really serious, there won't be any 3-5 smokes per day.
In my experience the hump is 2 months. After that it's downhill.
Count the hours Gracie, and stretch 'em until hours become days. Then stretch days into weeks. By the time you get to months, you'd need a reason to go back. But by then your olfactories will have returned enough that you won't be able to think of one.
Keep this in mind, because it helped me -- "It's not an addiction.. it's a habit."
I think the first 3 days are a combo of addiction and habit. Of course it's the habit part that's the hardest to break.
Sometimes when my neighbor is outside smoking, I'll go stand by her so I can smell it.
I found the advice helpful because an "addiction" is something that controls you, whereas a "habit" is just a pattern you can continue or break. Or to look at it upside down, "addiction" offers an excuse, "habit" doesn't.
Any kind of pattern-break I find is easier when done in bulk -- change the furniture around, paint the room, get up at a different time of day, take a different route. The new patterns reinforce each other.
Health care for smokers is higher than for those who don't smoke. Especially when people get older. So, all that smoking in the South and the Bible Belt (conservative regions of the country) will cost the rest of us a great deal in taxes and insurance rates to make up the difference..
Smoking rate for U.S. adults drops to record low...
Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults last year touched its lowest on record, a drop spurred by higher prices, smoke-free policies and anti-smoking campaigns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
About 17.8 percent of American adults smoked cigarettes in 2013, down from 20.9 percent in 2005 and 42.4 percent in 1965, when the U.S. government began keeping records on smoking, the federal health agency said.
<snip>
The U.S. Midwest has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, and the West has the lowest, according to the study.
Lesbians, gays and bisexual adults smoke about 50 percent more cigarettes than heterosexual people, the CDC said.
<snip>
States With Smoking Bans Tend to Have Lower Smoking Rates
The life expectancy for a smoker in the United States is about 64, which is 14 years shorter than the national average (which includes smokers), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Going by these numbers it becomes clear that few pastimes, habits or addictions are deadlier than smoking. Only Russian roulette and scorpion juggling come to mind.
Much more than cancer
Part of the problem of the misconception of real risks is the emphasis on smoking and lung cancer. The greater danger is from vascular diseases leading to heart attacks and stroke, which kill more smokers than all cancers combined. Toxins in the tobacco smoke cause inflammation and hardening in the arteries.
Nearly as common as lung cancer among smokers is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which entails the narrowing of airways in the lung, largely in the form of chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Bronchitis is a result of smoking-induced inflammation; emphysema stems from cigarette smoking hardening the alveoli, the little sacks in the lungs where oxygen meets blood.
If painful death as a middle-age adult doesn't move you, consider life-quality issues. Smokers get sick more often because smoke paralyzes tiny hair-like structures in the lungs called cilia, which otherwise sweep dirt and bacteria out of your lungs. Smokers have less endurance, particularly sexual endurance, because carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in the blood.
Yet the core argument of ardent smokers remains firm: Smoking doesn't kill everyone. About 50 percent of smokers do reach old age, albeit with diminished taste buds, diminished endurance, diminished eyesight, yellow teeth and bad breath.
As with Obamacare, rightwing/Republicans will say passing regulations/laws that "force" people to live longer, healthier, more productive lives is... is a bad thing? And-----and they'll say they should have the right to become a burden on society, their families, loved oines and-----and to commit suicide by cigarette.
.
The same applies to people that ride motorcycles and drive cars fast, should we ban all private transportation just because a few drive up to cost of insurance?
Don't give these control freaks that can't stay the hell out of peoples LIVES any ideas.
Maybe some of you rubes should get the facts about smoking and second hand smoke instead of listening to the propaganda put out by the left and all the other control freaks. The United Nations World Health Organization did a study back in the 90's and found no significant effects from second hand smoke and actually found that the children of smokers were at a decreased risk of lung cancer of 22%. A pdf of the complete study is available at the link.
The World Health Organization's first study on SHS is a textbook example of the right way to conduct an epidemiological study. Unfortunately for them, it yielded unexpected results. They responded by doing a second one, a meta-analysis, that allowed them to extract the results they wanted. This is an analysis of their first study.
The WHO s First Study on Second Hand Smoke
What a pile of dog poo. Looks like someone has justified blowing smoke on their family.
Argue with the study authors, I just provided the study. But a study done to accepted scientific standards is a bit hard to argue with.
Your link took me to davehitt.com. My advise is to ask your doctor about second hand smoke...but then, we already know the answer, don't we?
And at the bottom of that link is the pdf of the complete study, try reading it if you doubt the accuracy of the information provided in the link.
Health care for smokers is higher than for those who don't smoke. Especially when people get older. So, all that smoking in the South and the Bible Belt (conservative regions of the country) will cost the rest of us a great deal in taxes and insurance rates to make up the difference..
Smoking rate for U.S. adults drops to record low...
Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults last year touched its lowest on record, a drop spurred by higher prices, smoke-free policies and anti-smoking campaigns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
About 17.8 percent of American adults smoked cigarettes in 2013, down from 20.9 percent in 2005 and 42.4 percent in 1965, when the U.S. government began keeping records on smoking, the federal health agency said.
<snip>
The U.S. Midwest has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, and the West has the lowest, according to the study.
Lesbians, gays and bisexual adults smoke about 50 percent more cigarettes than heterosexual people, the CDC said.
<snip>
States With Smoking Bans Tend to Have Lower Smoking Rates
The life expectancy for a smoker in the United States is about 64, which is 14 years shorter than the national average (which includes smokers), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Going by these numbers it becomes clear that few pastimes, habits or addictions are deadlier than smoking. Only Russian roulette and scorpion juggling come to mind.
Much more than cancer
Part of the problem of the misconception of real risks is the emphasis on smoking and lung cancer. The greater danger is from vascular diseases leading to heart attacks and stroke, which kill more smokers than all cancers combined. Toxins in the tobacco smoke cause inflammation and hardening in the arteries.
Nearly as common as lung cancer among smokers is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which entails the narrowing of airways in the lung, largely in the form of chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Bronchitis is a result of smoking-induced inflammation; emphysema stems from cigarette smoking hardening the alveoli, the little sacks in the lungs where oxygen meets blood.
If painful death as a middle-age adult doesn't move you, consider life-quality issues. Smokers get sick more often because smoke paralyzes tiny hair-like structures in the lungs called cilia, which otherwise sweep dirt and bacteria out of your lungs. Smokers have less endurance, particularly sexual endurance, because carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in the blood.
Yet the core argument of ardent smokers remains firm: Smoking doesn't kill everyone. About 50 percent of smokers do reach old age, albeit with diminished taste buds, diminished endurance, diminished eyesight, yellow teeth and bad breath.
As with Obamacare, rightwing/Republicans will say passing regulations/laws that "force" people to live longer, healthier, more productive lives is... is a bad thing? And-----and they'll say they should have the right to become a burden on society, their families, loved oines and-----and to commit suicide by cigarette.
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Well, it isn't actually the same thing because, for one thing, driving fast cars or riding motorcycles is not as pervasive throughout the populace as smoking is. We have far, far more people who, as they age, develop health problems due to smoking than we have problems due to high risk behavior such as driving too fast or riding motorcycles. And, in fact, driving too fast is prohibited by law, so we are already doing something about that. We do not prohibit by law smoking cigarettes. And we have laws forcing motorcycylists to wear helmets. So, your analogy does not work.Health care for smokers is higher than for those who don't smoke. Especially when people get older. So, all that smoking in the South and the Bible Belt (conservative regions of the country) will cost the rest of us a great deal in taxes and insurance rates to make up the difference..
Smoking rate for U.S. adults drops to record low...
Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults last year touched its lowest on record, a drop spurred by higher prices, smoke-free policies and anti-smoking campaigns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
About 17.8 percent of American adults smoked cigarettes in 2013, down from 20.9 percent in 2005 and 42.4 percent in 1965, when the U.S. government began keeping records on smoking, the federal health agency said.
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The U.S. Midwest has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, and the West has the lowest, according to the study.
Lesbians, gays and bisexual adults smoke about 50 percent more cigarettes than heterosexual people, the CDC said.
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States With Smoking Bans Tend to Have Lower Smoking Rates
The life expectancy for a smoker in the United States is about 64, which is 14 years shorter than the national average (which includes smokers), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Going by these numbers it becomes clear that few pastimes, habits or addictions are deadlier than smoking. Only Russian roulette and scorpion juggling come to mind.
Much more than cancer
Part of the problem of the misconception of real risks is the emphasis on smoking and lung cancer. The greater danger is from vascular diseases leading to heart attacks and stroke, which kill more smokers than all cancers combined. Toxins in the tobacco smoke cause inflammation and hardening in the arteries.
Nearly as common as lung cancer among smokers is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which entails the narrowing of airways in the lung, largely in the form of chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Bronchitis is a result of smoking-induced inflammation; emphysema stems from cigarette smoking hardening the alveoli, the little sacks in the lungs where oxygen meets blood.
If painful death as a middle-age adult doesn't move you, consider life-quality issues. Smokers get sick more often because smoke paralyzes tiny hair-like structures in the lungs called cilia, which otherwise sweep dirt and bacteria out of your lungs. Smokers have less endurance, particularly sexual endurance, because carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in the blood.
Yet the core argument of ardent smokers remains firm: Smoking doesn't kill everyone. About 50 percent of smokers do reach old age, albeit with diminished taste buds, diminished endurance, diminished eyesight, yellow teeth and bad breath.
As with Obamacare, rightwing/Republicans will say passing regulations/laws that "force" people to live longer, healthier, more productive lives is... is a bad thing? And-----and they'll say they should have the right to become a burden on society, their families, loved oines and-----and to commit suicide by cigarette.
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The same applies to people that ride motorcycles and drive cars fast, should we ban all private transportation just because a few drive up to cost of insurance?
Maybe some of you rubes should get the facts about smoking and second hand smoke instead of listening to the propaganda put out by the left and all the other control freaks. The United Nations World Health Organization did a study back in the 90's and found no significant effects from second hand smoke and actually found that the children of smokers were at a decreased risk of lung cancer of 22%. A pdf of the complete study is available at the link.
The World Health Organization's first study on SHS is a textbook example of the right way to conduct an epidemiological study. Unfortunately for them, it yielded unexpected results. They responded by doing a second one, a meta-analysis, that allowed them to extract the results they wanted. This is an analysis of their first study.
The WHO s First Study on Second Hand Smoke
What a pile of dog poo. Looks like someone has justified blowing smoke on their family.
Argue with the study authors, I just provided the study. But a study done to accepted scientific standards is a bit hard to argue with.
Your link took me to davehitt.com. My advise is to ask your doctor about second hand smoke...but then, we already know the answer, don't we?
And at the bottom of that link is the pdf of the complete study, try reading it if you doubt the accuracy of the information provided in the link.
The link to WHO was broken. That's the link I'd be interested in reading.
Pretty ironic. You people only want the government and 'control freaks' to stay out of your lives regarding certain behavior and choices you are in favor of. When it comes to something you don't approve of, it is a completely different story.
Why? That is a press release - IOW meaningless. The real information is in the study and that link works fine(and is provided directly by OK above)Maybe some of you rubes should get the facts about smoking and second hand smoke instead of listening to the propaganda put out by the left and all the other control freaks. The United Nations World Health Organization did a study back in the 90's and found no significant effects from second hand smoke and actually found that the children of smokers were at a decreased risk of lung cancer of 22%. A pdf of the complete study is available at the link.
The World Health Organization's first study on SHS is a textbook example of the right way to conduct an epidemiological study. Unfortunately for them, it yielded unexpected results. They responded by doing a second one, a meta-analysis, that allowed them to extract the results they wanted. This is an analysis of their first study.
The WHO s First Study on Second Hand Smoke
What a pile of dog poo. Looks like someone has justified blowing smoke on their family.
Argue with the study authors, I just provided the study. But a study done to accepted scientific standards is a bit hard to argue with.
Your link took me to davehitt.com. My advise is to ask your doctor about second hand smoke...but then, we already know the answer, don't we?
And at the bottom of that link is the pdf of the complete study, try reading it if you doubt the accuracy of the information provided in the link.
The link to WHO was broken. That's the link I'd be interested in reading.
I have posted in this thread quite a few times before today. What was your purpose in posting in this thread, to show what an insane nut case you are?Pretty ironic. You people only want the government and 'control freaks' to stay out of your lives regarding certain behavior and choices you are in favor of. When it comes to something you don't approve of, it is a completely different story.
pretty ironic you're are sounding just like a parrot. Was that your reason to come into the thread to DUMP on people?
