Smoking is bad....UPDATE

[blue]

Oh, I think you should continue to smoke. It is your God given constitutional right to do so!

My right to smoke is niether god given nor is it in the Constitution.

[jennielynn1970]

My right to smoke is niether god given nor is it in the Constitution.

True.

It just something done by stubborn, head strong people who think they look cool doing it (along with shooting big guns).

Besides, who wants to date smelly people who have icky yellow teeth, and all of it by choice?? You can't even be next to them without coming home smelling just as foul. And don't even start on the kissing part. GROSS. I don't know what's worse, kissing a guy who smokes, or kissing a guy who chews tobacco.

Makes me want to vomit just thinking back on it. BLECH.


So many reasons to NOT smoke that aren't even health related...

[Karen]

True.

It just something done by stubborn, head strong people who think they look cool doing it (along with shooting big guns).

Now, now, no relying on stereotypes. I know smokers who are neither strong nor stubborn, nor do they think they look cool. An addiction is an addiction. I know perfectly good, intelligent, kind, gentle people who smoke who would never, ever fire a gun, and those who would. I know people who are none of those things, but who smoke. I know smokers who regret smoking, and those who don't regret it. It cuts across a whole spectrum of society.

[Queen of Poop]

What is really sad is that both my parents smoke. So much so that walking in their door leads one to be hit by the wall of smoke. I can't visit them for more than a couple of hours before I start coughing, get all stuffed up and feel generally like I'm suffocating. Which is why I don't visit them very often and they don't visit me because I won't let them smoke in my house.

[Bonny]

Both of my folks smoked all their shortened lifes. I was told by my mother if I ever tried smoking she would pull every bit of hair out of my head. I took the threat literally. I was around 2nd hand smoke for a good 20 years. I noticed in sports at school I had shortness of breath. Go figure!?! I hate cigarette smoke to this day. It is a bad habit to ever start & my folks would still be here if they hadn't smoked. Cigarettes suck !!!

[DJFyrewolf36]

Now, now, no relying on stereotypes. I know smokers who are neither strong nor stubborn, nor do they think they look cool. An addiction is an addiction. I know perfectly good, intelligent, kind, gentle people who smoke who would never, ever fire a gun, and those who would. I know people who are none of those things, but who smoke. I know smokers who regret smoking, and those who don't regret it. It cuts across a whole spectrum of society.

Agreed. Thank you Karen.

Prayers for your Aunt and your entire family Gayle.

[blue]

True.

It just something done by stubborn, head strong people who think they look cool doing it (along with shooting big guns).

I can be stuborn and head strong, but I do not think it looks cool. I might have thought so as a teen but now I know better. None of my firearms are classified as large. There are also people who just enjoy going to the gun range and relaxing.

Besides, who wants to date smelly people who have icky yellow teeth, and all of it by choice?? You can't even be next to them without coming home smelling just as foul. And don't even start on the kissing part. GROSS. I don't know what's worse, kissing a guy who smokes, or kissing a guy who chews tobacco.

Makes me want to vomit just thinking back on it. BLECH.


So many reasons to NOT smoke that aren't even health related...

So many reasons indeed.

[Queen of Poop]

So the news is that my aunt has 3-6 WEEKS to live if she does nothing. She MIGHT have a YEAR if she does chemo, radiation AND some new experimental drug.

My mom talked to her directly after she was given this prognosis. She has not yet decided what course of action, if any, she will take.