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1 posted on 11/18/2004 11:20:24 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

I'll continue to enjoy my cigars (Monica-free and I don't inhale).


2 posted on 11/18/2004 11:22:01 AM PST by peyton randolph (Time for Bush to pack the U.S. Supremes)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

Beware of that secondhand spit.


3 posted on 11/18/2004 11:24:35 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

Good grief..............


5 posted on 11/18/2004 11:24:53 AM PST by Gabz (Thank a Veteran today............and every day)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Unfortunately, chew is taxed at the same rate as cigarettes. Everytime the tax on smokes goes up, supposedly to deter smoking & fund treatment for tobacco-related illnesses, so does the tax on chew.
6 posted on 11/18/2004 11:25:48 AM PST by gubamyster
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Research proves that smokeless products are 98 percent safer than cigarettes... and 98percent grosser.

Especially if you are one of the people who develops cancer and has to have his jaw removed.

7 posted on 11/18/2004 11:26:57 AM PST by MediaMole
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

Well, the smoke literally stinks. So, I'd say, yeah, it's pretty undesirable.


8 posted on 11/18/2004 11:28:36 AM PST by k2blader (It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

I'll light up a cigar once I get home on honor of the Smoke-Out.


9 posted on 11/18/2004 11:29:35 AM PST by theDentist (Proud Member of FreeRepublic 's "Pyjama-Hadeen")
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

I plan on smoking 20lbs of pork butt and 3 racks of spare pork ribs this weekend. Oh well.


10 posted on 11/18/2004 11:31:58 AM PST by mlbford2 ("Never wrestle with a pig; you can't win, you just get filthy, and the pig loves it...")
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

People are born that way and can't change. /sarcasm


12 posted on 11/18/2004 11:35:22 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th% (Bush wins!!!)
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To: SheLion; Gabz; Conspiracy Guy; CSM
The reality is that for the 400,000 American smokers who die each year, total abstinence was impossible and entirely unnecessary.

There's that made up number again.
Amazing how even doctors, professors, and even professional researchers won't do their own research to see how that number is achieved.

13 posted on 11/18/2004 11:36:49 AM PST by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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Nicotine, while powerfully addictive, is about as safe as caffeine, another widely consumed addictive drug.

http://www.prn2.usm.my/mainsite/bulletin/1995/prn2.html

The fatal dose of pure nicotine is approximately 40-60 mg (0.6-1.0 mg/kg, 1-2 drops) i.e. the quantity contained in 2 g of tobacco (equivalent to 2 common blend cigarettes; 15-25 mg of nicotine per cigarette)

Caffiene is far safer.. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Caffiene The LD50 is estimated to be about 192 mg/kg of body mass, or about 72 cups of coffee for an average adult.

16 posted on 11/18/2004 11:48:49 AM PST by Odyssey-x
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Nicotine, while powerfully addictive, is about as safe as caffeine, another widely consumed addictive drug.

Right. I happen to believe that nicotine is beneficial to one's health. I'm virtually covered in nicotine patches and I keep a golf ball sized wad of nicotine gum in my mouth at all times.
17 posted on 11/18/2004 11:53:26 AM PST by Jaysun (If you are what you eat then I'm cheap, fast, and bad for your health.)
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