Posted on 05/28/2004 9:54:48 AM PDT by Wolfie
Submit or be charged.
The vast majority of us are on your side - but have to pick and choose our battles based on our time and abilities.
It's just the nicotine addiction talking. I have sometimes marveled at how creative a junkie will become to get their next fix. The scams are endless.
So too it is for the nico junkies, laughing in the face of the reality of the deadly nature of their addiction. One way or another, you will quit. Either on your own or thirteen years earlier than you would have had.
Aren't you a sweetheart? NOT
Who are you to be so judgemental of others? We are adults who have made adult decisions about how to live our lives. I'm sure there are some enjoyable, but not necessarily approved by all, habits you engage in.
There is only one guarantee in this life - you will leave it. How you choose to live it is your decision. But it is a proven fact that judgemental, condemning and hateful people live much shorter lives than everyone else........the hate eats at their very souls.
Good Morning, JaJ!!!!!!!!!
Morning Gabz, just here shortly before I take off for Columbia to hook up with JimRob.
I suppose they don't sell candy cigarettes anymore, do they.
'm reminded of Clinton and his gigars and his non-smoking crusade. But then, I always figured he didn't really care, it was Hill pushing all the non-smoking crap. I think he had to wait for her to be out of town to light one. And don't even tell me he didn't light them cuz I ain't buying it.
I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO jealous!!!!!!!!!
We expect a full report!
Even I, a heavy smoker, choke when I get around one of those clove ones. Not that I care if they import them if you like them! I have a perfect right to step away.
I was going to say you would still be able to order them from overseas websites, but now I wonder if this isn't also a vehicle to stamp out people ordering from Switzerland and Russia.
Candy cigarettes? Bite your tongue!
I still remeber them,though. We all pretended we were "cool" smoking our butts.
Answer: Too much tax revenue is involved-both actual and potential. The goal is a price range of $15.00 per pack. Once that level is reached smoking will no longer be the danger it was thought to be.
As portrayed graphically in George Orwell's "1984".
Either on your own or thirteen years earlier than you would have had.
HOW do you know THAT? To say that is like saying you know the exact date someone will die, how do you know they wouldn't have died anyway!! WE ALL die on our own, what right has someone got to tell me I am required to live to the age they deem proper and then be stupid enough to think they control another persons life span!! WISH PEOPLE WOULD QUIT RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO PLAY GOD!!!!!!!!! I will die the day it has been set for me to die and there is not ONE human being on the face of the earth including myself that can stop it!! PEOPLE have turned into frickin IDIOTS!!! By the way...would LOVE to see what little closet habits you have. Most people who yell about cigs. are draggin a mushy big fat lard a** around, or trippin over this fat blob of a belly that goes to their knees. Can we say slothful gluttons? Wonder if we really knew, how much of you we could tax for the over poundage. Quit stuffing your face your driving up my health care, where as I am never sick.........and I smoke. Get a life. Cause mine is none of your business.
Not really.
Not really.
yeah really, do the math, on the % of smokers versus the % of obesity in this country and the all out war against smokers. Smoking is not an epidemic....obesity has become one.
GREAT rant!!!!!!!!!!!!
Since you asked:
http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/scottish/shealth/shch7.htm
7.8 Obesity and behavioural factors
Studies in England and other countries have shown significant associations between obesity and behavioural factors including smoking, alcohol consumption and physical activity. A review of 27 cross-sectional studies, mainly in North America and Europe, found generally positive associations between alcohol intake and adiposity for men and negative associations for women.[14] In a study of 1950 men and women aged 50-79 years in the USA, cigarette smokers were found to have more central adiposity than non-smokers.[15] A study of 5282 men and women in Finland showed strong associations between obesity and five 'environmental' factors which included exercise, alcohol consumption, and smoking.
http://www.obesity.org/subs/childhood/healthrisks.shtmlm
Diagnosis
There are some signs that may help you determine if your child has or is at risk for childhood obesity, such as:
*Family history of obesity.
*Family history of obesity-related health risks such as early cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure levels, type 2 diabetes.
*Family history of cigarette smoking and sedentary behaviors.
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