Posted on 08/09/2005 8:42:24 AM PDT by Millee
Years ago, I saw an interview with the famous boxer Joe Lewis. (I think it was him). During this interview he puffed on a cigarette like an amateur. Then, during the interview, the host said to the audience,
"For those of you who may interested, Mr. Joe Lewis is smoking CHESTERFIELD cigarettes."
Gee, I wonder who sponsored the show?
TV was more fun when Red Skelton did his GUZZLER'S GIN act.
Keeping very busy for a few days is the best way to get through the first few days of quitting. Could there possibly be a better time to quit smoking than on your honeymoon, for a variety of reasons?
We crossed Montana and spent the night in Yellowstone at the Roosevelt lodge. The next day we made it to Salt Lake City. We stayed there one night and then, with the help of the conceirge, decided for Las Vegas over Los Angeles.
We spent 4 days in Las Vegas. We actual had sufficent gambling winnings that we left Las Vegas $50 ahead. We saw Ann Margret's show and Glen Capmbells show as well. Who says everything stays in Las Vegas? We then spent three days driving home to Minot. We spent 10 days on the road and I had more than my fill of oral stimulation.
Nicotine??? Forgot all about it!
Thw World Health Organization, in the longest non-interest group study ever produced, debunked the notion (allegation, lie, etc.) that second-hand smoke causes cancer.
And that would make sense in rhyme.
"Old Gold: Not a cough in a carload." :-)
I'm old enough (I was just a child ;) to remember the first public service announcement of that type done by the actor William Talman (DA Hamilton Berger on the old Perry Mason series) in 1968. He died of lung cancer at age 53.
It was pretty poignant. It began with,
"Before I die I want to do what I can to leave a world free of cancer for my six children . ."
Sadly we are still fighting it all these years later.
My grilled cheese sandwich today had an image of Peter Jennings in it.
It was reported on FOX this morning that Dana Reeve (Christopher Reeve's widow) has been diagnosed with lung cancer and she's not a smoker.
21 years ago is when I wish I'd quit! That's almost as long ago as Jennings claimed to have quit. I can't believe that he picked it up again on 9/11 after all those years...
we are on the same page. Yup.
I suspect that he never really quit, and that for 20 years he smoked in the closet, only to go public when he had 9/11 to blame for starting again.
1. USWM smokers have a lifetime relative risk of dying from lung cancer of only 8 (not the 20 or more that is based on an annual death rate and therefore virtually useless).
2. No study has ever shown that casual cigar smoker (<5 cigars/wk, not inhaled) has an increased incidence of lung cancer.
3. Lung cancer is not in even in the top 5 causes of death, it is only #9.** All cancers combined account for only 13% of all annual deaths and lung cancer only 2%.**
4. Occasional cigarette use (<1 pk/wk) has never been shown to be a risk factor in lung cancer.
5. Certain types of pollution are more dangerous than second hand smoke. Second hand smoke has never been shown to be a causative factor in lung cancer.
6. A WHO study did not show that passive (second hand) smoke statistically increased the risk of getting lung cancer.
7. No study has shown that second hand smoke exposure during childhood increases their risk of getting lung cancer.
8. In one study they couldn't even cause lung cancer in mice after exposing them to cigarette smoke for a long time.
9. If everyone in the world stopped smoking 50 years ago, the premature death rate would still be well over 80% of what it is today.1 (But I thought that smoking was the major cause of preventable death...hmmm.)
I am at a point where I do not know exactly what to believe. I quit smoking 9 years ago and I do know I can breath deeper now. I do believe smoking causes infesema, and may be a factor in lung cancer, but probably not the cause of it.
Awesome, RC! Thank you yet again. My dad will love these.
How about "Jennings' death moves some to quit Liberalism"
Still in love, kitty cat?!
I totally agree with you.
My grandfather quit the day I was born, he was 58.
He made it to 70.
His brother, who never smoked, made it to 90.
Not my dad. He denies that smoking can cause cancer ... even after watching his father die from emphasima (I'm sure I spelled that wrong), his next door neighbor die from lung cancer and now watching his sister suffer through lung cancer. He won't quit. Said he would when prices hit a dollar a pack, but ...
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