Here you go!
Posted on 12/25/2004 10:37:36 AM PST by SheLion
Here you go!
Judith Anne, we all know that it takes a number of things that kill a person. Not just smoking. Was the person obese? Were they a couch potato that never exercised? How was their diet?
But just because a person smoked, the authorities blame the death on smoking without taking everything else into account.
The war on the smoker has gotten way out of hand, and it's people like jorge that contribute to it.
Maine has opened up THREE Meth clinics! I wonder what jorge would say about THAT! But OMG, they better not SMOKE. heh!
You actually believe this story?
You think Doctors and medical professionals are such fools or charlatans that such a fraud can be put over for so many years?
Think again. There are NUMEROUS photos of smokers lungs compared to healthy lungs. Not just one set.
I personally know people who had Doctors in their families, who brought them to the hospital to show them the diseased and blacken lungs removed from deceased smokers.
Most people who see them WILL QUIT SMOKING.
Of course there are many people who remain in denial as you are who will continue to smoke no matter what happens to them.
Some of them are in cancer wards but still smoke through the holes in their throat.
A great way to go, huh?
Funny you should mention that.......I just finished reading an article about drug and alcohol addiction counseling programs mandating smoking cessation counselling as well.
Just how do you explain THAT, jorge???? Huh???!!!!
That's why I roll my own. So my tax dollars don't line the pockets of these idiots!
Rest in peace, Reggie White.
He was only 43? Wow. I thought he was in his late 40's or early 50's.Poor guy.
So, do 100% of smokers get lung cancer? If not, why not? And what is the ACTUAL percentage? What risk factors for lung cancer occurred concommitantly?
Does a non-smoker ever get lung cancer? If so, why? What is mesothelioma? What is radon, where is it found, and what are the effects of natural radon on people who live in houses where it occurs naturally?
Is smoking damage to the lungs dose related? What are the variations in cigar, pipe, and cigarette smoking? What does heredity have to do with emphysema? Why do some non-smokers get it?
Name a person who died from second-hand smoke.
Yes, he was only 43. He was born in 61.
People with the mindset of jorge make me sick. They are SO SURE that smoking kills. And that is just not true.
You mentioned black lung. There are thousands living today with black lung, and not ALL of them are smokers. But to the likes of jorge, there is no such thing as black lung. If a person has black lung, he got it from smoking. That's exactly how his kind thinks.
Judith Ann, when it's my time to go, it won't matter one iota if I ever smoked or not. I wish these people would get that through their heads!
After the untimely death of Reggie, I doubt if we will hear from the likes of jorge anymore. heh!
Did I say 41? He was 43. But still so very young.
Sad----an early death is tough.
His death could be considered proof of the dangers of NOT smoking if the same warped statistics were used as the ones used for the dangers of smoking.
The entire smoking-hysteria thing makes me weary.
Mears, I realize that smoking isn't good for us. But like I said: when our number is up, it won't matter one bit if we smoked or not.
And when people like jorge spew about all smokers getting lung disease, heart attacks, etc, it really puts my fur up.
In all my years, I have never known anyone with such diseases.
And I have known a LOT of smokers!
I guess we have to 'consider the source.'
Now! If a person like this guy smoked, I can undertand him dying of a smoking related disease. heh! But, you have to consider how fat he is, as well. (God, I hope he DOESN'T smoke, as FAT as he is. Holy Cow!)
It's called the easy way out and moving on.
As far as Emphysema goes, my former boss never smoked a day in his life and after meeting the ground with his T-33 at an air show, the 128 flags posted in the ground showing body parts were pulled and a medical investigation pursued. He had "advanced" emphysema was the determination. Go figure....
No doubt, some will assume 2nd hand smoke to be the blame. Laughable to say the least.
Alas, hysteria is fashionable these days...
Prophetic comments you made yesterday...
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