Prove, factually, that smoking causes cancer. It's still not a fact. I think it does, don't get me wrong. Just playing devils advocate.
Timothy Heald Information Systems Specialist Overseas Security Advisory Council U.S. Department of State 571.345.2235 -----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:20 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: And we Americans are sue happy? You CAN be. Does this mean nobody ever get sick from smoking? Dana Heald, Tim writes: > I smoke a lot, when I was still on active duty in the Army I both smoked and > dipped (mainly in the field to stay awake), I still ran, climbed, jumped out > of airplanes and so forth. You can be a totally healthy smoker. Hell I am > still in much better shape than anyone else I am friends with, other than > Crit. > > Timothy Heald > Information Systems Specialist > Overseas Security Advisory Council > U.S. Department of State > 571.345.2235 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:00 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: And we Americans are sue happy? > > > There's some truth to this. However, after spending a year indexing the RJ > Renolds documents, it seems to me that a very large advertising budget was > spent convincing people that it wasn't really so. Think about all those > cigarette ads showing healthy people engaged in rock climbing or whatever > with a cigarette in their hand. That was deliberate. Liquor ads similarly > portray drinking as the thing to do in a social setting. I very rarely > drink either, but I notice that people who notice me ordering coke in a > setting where everyone else is drinking generally assume I have a "drinking > problem" rather than that I just don't care to drink. Tells me drinking is > still seen by many folks as the thing to do, probably in large part due to > advertising. Now do I have to do it just because it is seen by some people > as the thing to do? No, of course not. Do some people go with the flow? I > am sure.... > > Dana > > > Phillip B writes: > > > > In the 50's and 60's, nobody knew it was bad for them, so it was "sexy" > > > > > > > This bothers me. My Grandfather heard smoking was bad some time during the > > 50's. He told me he was plowing a field when he heard on the radio it was > > bad for you. At that moment he put out his cigarette and pitched the rest > > and never smoked again. > > > > People have known for a _long_ time that smoking and drinking were bad for > > you. The problem is it was fashionable to do it. If you think back to old > > black and white films you will see how they were used as devices to make a > > point in the film. The result of that was people wanted to mimic the > people > > on screen. People are influenced in the way they dress, smoke, > vacation.... > > The list goes on and on. I am not blaming Hollywood. I am saying that it > has > > an influence in what we do. > > > > People suing for alcohol and cigarettes really bother me. I stared smoking > > and drinking when I was in 5th grade. I still drink once in a while and > will > > never smoke again. Did I know smoking was bad? Yes. Did I know drinking > was > > bad? Yes. Will I sue some one for my choices? No. I made the decision to > do > > it and I accept what ever may happen to me. > > > > If more people would quit blaming others for their misfortune, the world > > would be a better place. God isn't punishing me. The neighbor didn't make > > his dog poop in my yard. My parents didn't make me need glasses. They just > > happened. We need to suck it up and deal with it. > > > > I'll be quite now. :) > > > > Phillip B. > > > > www.LoungeRoyale.com > > www.FillWorks.com > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
