Posted on 09/22/2009 3:38:49 PM PDT by TennesseeGirl
The 2010 US spec diesels use some amazing particulate filters on the exhaust.
The tailpipe is literally white glove clean.
Of course this all comes at a high price to purchase - 7 to 10 grand on a new truck.
“Of course lets not bring Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, or the plethora of other diseases where the increased risk of developing due to smoking is hundreds of times that of the non smoker into the conversation.”
Total bunk, and exactly like global warming. A smoker is 100 times less likely to have any of these medical problems as non-smokers.
Hank.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You are on crack if you believe that!
If you smoke you are 2-3 times more likely to develop pancreatic cancer than non-smoker. You are pushing aids denier nonsense if you are claiming otherwise.
Wow, well now I know how holocaust deniers exist.
Take your denials of pancreatic cancer and smoking and tell to Patrick Swayze.
I see that you dont deny the other maladys that are less prevalent for smokers - I will get back to you on pancreatic cancer.
Just watch a non-smoker dying and listen to them gasping for their last breath. That’s a lesson you won’t forget.
Hank
They started with roughly the same age separation among the 2501 patients, all of whom had cardiovascular presentations; it doesn’t look as though there is much to be taken from this study on balance other than aggresive smoking-cessation programs might be de-emphasised among such patients.
Don’t make up numbers just to try and make a point.
my bad - it is prostate cancer that has a lower incidence with cigarette smokers.
That’s study doesn’t have any controls and no protocol at all.If there was any such general effect it would have been seen nationwide in the past twenty five years as the percentage of smokers has dropped by half while the heart attack numbers reflect demographic growth in general.
Perhaps a true study merits funding just to ‘clear the air.’
I to have been a long time smoker and with the news about the swine flu, I figured no flu virus could get through all the junk in my lungs....I am not worried about it..:O) Like you I rarely have flu or colds, my problem is being dumb and pushing and lifting things I shouldn't and re injure an old rib problem...an old lady trying to push a garden tractor out of 3 inches of mud, is one dumb old lady...I won't do that again and I heard something pop and got knocked off my feet in the middle of the field...the only good part was I was within view of the road, so if I couldn't get up, someone would see me...after about 1 minute I could get to my feet, but couldn't stand up straight...made it back to the house and nursed bad ribs for about 10 days...as I said, dumb...:O)
Wish all good things for you and your husband...he has a difficult problem to deal with as do you.....
Hope your mom does well...CHF can be controlled...I use to do home health care 5 days a week for a sweet old gal that was 94 and had CHF. If the doctor hasn't told you, watch for slight shortness of breath, also swollen ankles and if you press on the ankle and it leaves an indentation for a few seconds, thats another sign that perhaps she should see the doctor again....I had my lady in ER twice and they would give her Lasix IV push, she'd pee a lot and they would send her home....She was not even aware that anything was wrong, but as we sat an talked, I could tell she was a little short of breath. (SOB in medical terms) when I asked to see her ankles, they were slightly swollen...Her family doctor doubled her lasix prescription..
I survived because of the “smoker’s paradox”.
Smoking constricts the arteries, revealing a narrowing of the system before a full fledged heart attack occurs.
Why would I quit?
That does not explain lung cancer in non smokers and pancreatic cancer is not associated with smoking at all unless you believe all the anti-smoking nazi's.
Even the UN (yuk) did a study of second hand smoke and found no correlation between it and any disease...that study was quickly deleted from the news by the prissies that want to tell others how to live.. Besides, if smoking does shorten your life its at the end of your years, so no diapers, nursing homes or senility...
Smoke um if you got um...
That has got to be one of the stupidest comments on smoking I have ever heard...
I worked on an oncology unit...Have you ever seen a young man die of acute leukemia, how about an alcoholic dying of cirrhosis of the liver...I have seen liver cancer patients last hours bleeding from ever hole in their body including their eyes. Changing the bedding and finding clots as big as your fist....and they are conscious until they take their last breath...I have seen a 7 year old child die of brain cancer, a 5 year old with Wilms tumor..If your going to mouth off, know something first.....
Yep, you made one really stupid comment.....
That simply is not true.
You and your sister have my sympathy, because taking care of your own mother is a tough job...and to you guys you will always be her little kids....(I keep having to remind myself how old my kids are when I want to open my mouth) Its not easy. :O) and they are all 40 or over...
I quit a year ago after 50 years of smoking, I figured I was pushing my luck.
I still chew occasionally, I've seen no reports yet from the nanny staters that second hand spit is harmful.
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