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Your diagnosis is based on your medical and psychological training of course, or is it just the ramblings of a drug addict. Don't tell me you can quit any time you want, just like my dad, my uncle, my wife's mother, and grandfather who all smoked heavily and all died of emphysema, and heart problems, but no cancer. I've spent thousands on allergy doctors and clinics, all of them say my sinus problems are the result of growing up in a house of heavy smokers. Of course their not quite as good at diagnosing smoking related problems as a tar lunged drug addict.

I've spent thousands on allergy doctors and clinics, all of them say my sinus problems are the result of growing up in a house of heavy smokers.

You might be an ex-democrat, but you certainly remain a current victim.

Of course their [sic] not quite as good at diagnosing smoking related problems as a tar lunged drug addict.

And as an added free bonus I actually can spell, too!

Does this mean the psychiatrist visit is out of the question?

. I've spent thousands on allergy doctors and clinics, all of them say my sinus problems are the result of growing up in a house of heavy smokers. Of course their not quite as good at diagnosing smoking related problems as a tar lunged drug addict.

I doubt that any doctor will testify in court that ETS has caused your life-long sinus condition; the simple truth is that allergies and chronic sinus conditions, absent tumors or adhesions have no specific cause.

Allergies come in all shapes and forms and are diagnosed by the presence of histamines; smoke does create histamines by itself, but it does cause an involuntary constriction of the airways, the severity of which is dependent on exposure amounts and duration.

Non-smokers gag when then try to inhale smoke from any source; practiced smokers will also redevelop the sensitivity after abstaining for long periods of time.

Nobody said smoking was good, only that the anti-smokers are using false and misleading claims to support their agenda.

If I had your weak constitution , I would move to northern Arizona.

X, I'm going to attempt to be civil since you've probably still got some of that dastardly democrapism running through your veins, but much more of your nico-Nazi insults and I may lose my cool.

Your experiences are yours, and don't parallel those of many of the smokers and nonsmokers (not antis) you'll find here. You don't like smoking, fine. Stay away from smokers. Believe me, we don't want anti-smokers like you around anyway. There are many doctors here, and whether you want to believe it or not, many of them realize that the War on Smokers is not about health, it's about power and money. Try to get past your hatred and think clearly (e.g., non-democrat) and you'll see that insults and abuse get you nothing but in-kind responses and ADULTS have the right to engage in risky behaviors if they so desire.

Cigarette smoke washes off; bigotry is to the bone.