This one is growing out of season, since a seed wound up in my fall potting soil, and I let it live.
Obviously, I left it in a pot, and am letting it hang out inside. It has made friends with the cat.
/johnny
Posted on 01/27/2014 11:30:22 AM PST by Beave Meister
Edited on 01/27/2014 11:37:03 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
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Everything in moderation...
Tobacco companies used to be HUGE republican donors (one of their biggest)
How much do you want to bet that if they were huge DEM donors we would all be hearing about the healthful benefits of “bathing your lungs in cleansing smoke”
Improved concentration and alertness, at the same time as, curiously, relaxation.
Reduced fatigue
Weight loss
On the whole nicotine is a very good drug, as far as its psychoactive effects go. It does improve mental performance and adds to productivity, much like coffee and tea seem to do, or more so.
The downside is, statistically, reduced lifespan. But the increased mortality, statistically, is heavily weighted to past the end of a persons useful life. So economically speaking it is very helpful. It improves productivity for the young and middle aged, and helps get rid of the unproductive retirees.
Overall it seems to reduce lifetime medical costs. Most private insurers don’t like it because there are some negative health effects for people in their 50’s-60’s or so, who are covered by private insurance, but for older cohorts smoking reduces burdens on Medicare and of course on Social Security.
Yul Brenner was 65 when he died.
John Wayne was 72 when he died.
Andreas Katsulas was 59 when he died.
Desi Arnaz was 69 when he died.
Humphrey Bogart was 57 when he died.
Nat King Cole was 45 when he died.
Sammy Davis Jr was 64.
Walt Disney was 65.
Jackie Gleason was 71.
Ed Sullivan was 71.
Vincent Schiavelli was 57.
-PJ
He was a friend of mine.
The first man died in 1987 from emphysema at 81. The second man died in 1992 at 51. The third man died in 1995 at 73. The fourth man died in 1999 at 69.
-PJ
Little mispelling there and correction here.
“COPD,” also known as SAFE (stupid acronym for emphysema). Chronic bronchitis is thrown in as an excuse.
I'm pretty rugged looking.
I knew one of his daughters. very not guilty.
How many Marlboro men were there?
I read one died of lung cancer years, another died when his horse fell and trapped him in a water tank and he drowned.
Is this three?
-PJ
I can learn. I’ll even go to the drugstore and get a hat and a pair of boots.
True, but to account for killings, car accidents and other early causes of death, it is instructive to look at the actuary data for natural deaths. For example, for people that reach 65, the life expectancy is 84.
I can't think of any benefits of not smoking.You should see the fat chicks scatter out of the candy aisle when you walk in there with an UNLIT cigarette in your mouth.
I use that to clear them out of the bakery section as well.
Have you hand rolled ceegars? If so, how do they taste? Hell, how do the ciggies taste compared to manufactured?
/johnny
The cigarettes taste much better than the manufactured.
/johnny
I expect as much for the taste. Much like using ground coffee versus grind your own. Tabacky is a great prepper product. Can one buy seeds?
This one is growing out of season, since a seed wound up in my fall potting soil, and I let it live.
Obviously, I left it in a pot, and am letting it hang out inside. It has made friends with the cat.
/johnny
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