Hey you know, it says on a bottle of Drano that drinking the bottle will cause extensive internal damage, but you know what? I`m gonna drink it anyway and sue the company.
That ANYBODY should be able to bring any one of these lawsuits to trial is beyond the beyond in my comprehension. I mean what did this guy think, "Hey Bud, smoking causes cancer"..."No way, for real?"
I mean what are we going on now, the 40th year since the surgeon general determined smoking kills? And this guy is trying to put off that he had no clue?
By the way, I smoke 2 packs a day. Not kidding, Marlboros. I`m 42 years old and if I get cancer I will only blame myself. My lung feels great.
Well, ok, but . . . how about the other lung?
I was a heavy smoker and finally quit at 45. (after 30 years)
I am now 50 and feel better than ever.
It wasn't easy, but quiting is probably the best thing I ever did for myself.
I smoked 26 years and was only able to break the grip of nicotine addiction with the help of some non-tobacco smoking products. (I smoked 4 packs a day at the time) Everyone is different but for me it was a drug addiction nothing more or less. I wanted to quit but could not overcome the withdrawal effects. I need a crutch to let my body adjusto to no dope. 90 Dyas after I quit I developed Hives and spasms that were controlled medically for a couple of weeks while the old bod decided it wasn't going to get mor nicotine no matter how much it protested. Then I was "clean" and have never even wanted to try another cig. (used to follow smokers around just to get a whif though, smelled so good and familiar)
I understand why people smoke and you are right. You have every right to risk whatever awaits for the enjoyment of smoking. When it is your time you have no one to blame but yourself. Just be aware of the pain you may inflict on your loved ones...I still miss the years I could have spent with my father and so do his grandchildren. Also be aware of and sensitive to the really obnoxious effects you may have on non-smokers that inhabit the same space. Smokers really stink but they can't tell it..pew. and they make many other non-smokers (not your enemies because they chose not to smoke)eyes and breathing passages burn badly.
I have no regard what ever for Phillip Morris. They purposefully increased the nicotine content of their products to increased the addictive effect. They purposefully targeted their advertising to teenagers expressly to addict the most influenceable population that could provide an expanding longer lived market for their poison as their original market died off from related smoking diseases. They are scum.
However, I think you are right. You have the right to smoke as long as you can. Just don't expect sympathy when you begin coughing up parts of your lungs or for anyone else to shoulder the burden of financial support of your health care expense as you decompose. I'm not sure of my statistics but I think you have a few good years left before you reach the point where most lung cancers begin to show symptoms. Get regular checkups and let's hear back in say 10 years.
Really I bear you no malice. Enjoy. Take a deep drag and chill. After smoking for 26 years (have been clean for 20 years now) I can still remember the satisfaction of a deep draw after the meal.