Originally posted by: Azraele
Originally posted by: Valinos
This is hilarious. Most of you non-smokers are so IGNORANT! Actually, I haven't read a single-post from a non-smoker that has been worth the bytes it takes up on the webserver. Do some Google searches for the REAL evidence. Read all about how little damage smoking
really causes. It may surprise you to know that the vast majority of smokers will not end up dying in a hospital coughing up yellow mucus or walking around with oxygen tanks. This is misinformation and is liberally spread around by the government, media, and especially the non-smoking organizations. The bullsh!t you see in those ads saying that feces and radioactive isotopes are in tobacco are misleading. You have just as many trace elements of harmful substances in anything you use or eat. Maybe more. Do some research on what they pump into the livestock you eat.
Some of you people need an education before you post. Maybe AT should force all posters to provide proof that they've graduated high school.
Ask the woman downstairs on her death bed why she's dying. My grandfather too, although he's already gone. Common sense dictates that humans weren't meant to breathe smoke. Sure the colors and preservatives they put in foods is bad, but that doesn't mean smoking isn't bad for you.
I never said smoking isn't bad for you. It just isn't
as bad as the meda wants you to think. Sure, you have a higher chance for respatory problems and developing lung and throat cancer, but more than likely you won't have any problems if you smoke moderately. I should have made it clear in my post that I'm talking about moderate smoking. Personally, I smoke about a pack every 3-4 days. That's approx. 5-7 cigs a day. Even at that, the average smoker in the U.S. only has an 8% chance of developing lung cancer compared to a 1% chance of a non-smoker. I don't know how many cigarettes the "average" smoker smokes, but that'd be interesting to know.
I don't work for Phillip Morris, and I don't think smoking is good for you by any means. However, smoking (moderately) is not as bad as you are lead to believe. I totally respect non-smokers for not wanting to smoke and put themselves at any greater risk of sickness, but the disposition many of the non-smokers on this board have is just plain hypocritical and IGNORANT. I, too, try to be a considerate smoker, but I don't go out of my way to make sure people don't walk through my smoke. Walking past a puff of smoke in the outdoors will not make your clothes smell, nor will it cause you to develop respatory problems. Anyone who states it will is exagerating to the point of hilarity. The only instance I can think of breathing any substantial amount of second hand smoke would be at a club or a concert, even then second-hand smoke still doesn't contain the same amount of carcinogens that the smoker himself inhales. Second-hand smoke is overdone.
To me, it is worth it to smoke. We all make choices, and where I may have my own disadvantages I have advantages that many of you don't. We all hurt ourselves and our environment in different ways. Drinking alcohol, eating Big Macs, driving SUVs, working for a chemical plant, and even buying footware from Nike all have effects that cause harm to the world, to other people, or to yourself. You may not smoke, but I'm sure there is something I could point out if I knew you well enough, that was just as "bad" or worse. People need to learn humility and how to tolerate others. This specifically applies to Americans, considering how diverse we are.
That's my spiel. Take it for what you want, but don't you ever get in my face outside when I light up. I will kick you in the groin with a steel-toed boot.