Posted on 07/27/2006 1:44:23 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
I wouldn't say they are lying, but many smokers have given into the anti-smoker's mantra that "all" smokers want to quit but are so addicted they can't.......it becomes a self-fullfilling prophecy based on lies espoused by people who "know what's best" for others.
Clearly, lots don't, but there are certainly some who do and have a difficult time. What is less clear is whether they return to smoking because of an addiction, or just a desire to relieve stress.
Did ever occur to you that they must just enjoy it?
So if they were to prove that this actually did help some people overcome their addiction to tobacco, you'd be opposed to it?
Then why do they try to quit?
"Let's follow the money, shall we? ;)"
The really BIG money is in treated smoking related illnesses, not in smoking cessation.
Since I do not believe tobacco is addictive, there is no answer to your question.
However, I have no opposition to people voluntarily choosing to take such a vaccine, however I do not believe it will remain voluntary, and then I will oppose it.
Primarily because busybodies have made smokers pariahs in society.
But the way to quit smoking cigarettes is to quit buying and lighting them. It's that simple. You just quit.
LOL
"Since I do not believe tobacco is addictive, there is no answer to your question."
Umm, so why do so many people have such a hard time quitting?
Some habits are harder to break than others, particularly when one feels one is being forced to do something against one's will.
And you think those physical attributes are just do to being without a habit??
The only time I ever experienced any such similar phenonmena was when I went from 6 pots of coffee a day to 2 cups.
:) I imagine that would to it too!
It took several weeks for the problems to finally disappear. That was nearly 20 years ago and to this day I have serious problems later in the day if I happen to have more than 2 cups of coffee in the morning.
And there you make the same sort of broad-brushed generalization about people trying to quit that you complain about non-smokers making about smokers. You insult people genuinely trying to improve their lives by quitting by claiming their just giving into social pressure. And yet you complain that non-smokers assume all smokers want to quit.
I'm not opposed to it at all.
I'm opposed to the way they are marketing it.
They are, in fact, comparing smoking to being a "disease".
It's one more step in vilifying smokers for no other reason than they smoke tobacco.
This is not a "vaccine". This is a stop smoking help.
A vaccine is meant to give immunity to a "disease".
Smoking is not a "disease". It's a choice.
Denial.
That reminds of the Richard Pryor joke. I've known people who've smoked every day for 30 years, yet they are still not addicted.
Umm, so why do so many people have such a hard time quitting?
Maybe they like the stench, or the stained fingers and teeth. Others may like chronic bronchitis, emphysema, lung cancer, or bones that won't heal.
And anyone who tries to come up with a treatment to help them quit is part of a conspiracy against them.
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