I'm not telling you this stuff to win......I'm telling you this stuff
so you can stick around a while longer. I don't mean to preach, but
being an ex-smoker with COPD in medical school, it's a wicked
combination.
On Mar 30, 8:45 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I did think of you this morning- read a short meditation on not being
> so defensive- which I was. Yes- but think of all the money I am
> raising for my state! Okay- you win the argument but I win the
> freedom- like bikers refuse to wear helmets- or men join the military
> instead of being a librarian, etc. This just happens to be my personal
> risk taking and in the course of a life I have seen ruined health and
> deaths come from other sources- very few from smoking/drinking.
> There's maybe one smoker left among my children/their mates- and he
> has to smoke on the deck. :-)
>
> On Mar 29, 5:06 pm, OMS-II <almost.o...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I've had hours of lectures in medical school on the subject. Cars,
> > allergies, food, water, etc. etc. etc. don't even come close to the
> > damage inflicted by cigarette smoke. Again, I'm an ex smoker......and
> > almost done with my second year of medical school. You're not going to
> > win this one.
>
> > While I agree there are multiple risks out there, why would you
> > intentionally up the ante intentionally?
>
> > As for the environment, I'm all for cleaner air.
>
> > On Mar 29, 5:14 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > Nor do you address the enormous increase in asthma in industrialized
> > > nations unrelated to smoking.
>
> > > On Mar 29, 8:42 am, OMS-II <almost.o...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > You know that obesity in
> > > > America is counted as a greater health risk versus a lifetime of
> > > > smoking, I presume.
> > > > =========================
> > > > Wrong. The reason obesity is surpassing smoking as a health risk is
> > > > because less people are smoking. Furthermore, your being fat and
> > > > standing next to me has no effect on my health....your smoking next to
> > > > me does.
>
> > > > I quit a 25 year smoking habit....and don't miss it. I have mild COPD
> > > > to show for it. I'm now in medical school (late bloomer)....and in
> > > > almost every disease process I've studied in the last 2 years, smoking
> > > > is a risk factor.
>
> > > > I can understand enjoying smoking.....I did while I smoked.....but it
> > > > is terrible for your health. Even worse are the obese smokers. Better
> > > > to eat healthy, not smoke, and avoid both unhealthy lifestyles.
>
> > > > Trust me.....you don't want COPD.
>
> > > > On Mar 28, 4:23 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > I enjoy smoking- why should I give up a pleasure? I am giving up
> > > > > lunching with Liberals as a trade-off. :-) You know that obesity in
> > > > > America is counted as a greater health risk versus a lifetime of
> > > > > smoking, I presume.
>
> > > > > On Mar 27, 11:32 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Rigs: In Dec I paid $22.10 a carton. Jan mfgr price increase $.2.40
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > carton. March 1 Ark tax increaase $5.60 a carton. April 1 Fed tax
> > > > > > increase
> > > > > > $6.10 per carton. Price April 2 = $36.20 a 58% increase. I now pay
> > > > > > appx
> > > > > > 70% of price in taxes.
> > > > > > BS. I Quit. Annual savings in taxes alone is about $2000.00.
>
> > > > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 4:10 AM, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Smoking may become a patriot's duty, d.b.! :-) Last carton was
> > > > > > > $54.
> > > > > > > When I said I might start growing tobacco the man behind me said
> > > > > > > you'll sooner get marijuana.// Why not redesign the head gasket-
> > > > > > > whatever that is- I grow faint when open the hood of my car. I
> > > > > > > often
> > > > > > > wished you could repair a car with a sewing machine or needle and
> > > > > > > thread.// I have a large back yard- the last one in the
> > > > > > > neighborhood-
> > > > > > > and have thought of lambs, geese and chickens but would be
> > > > > > > breaking
> > > > > > > city codes although the desecration of breathing space and privacy
> > > > > > > around homes doesn't qualify as injurious. But they are.
>
> > > > > > > On Mar 27, 1:04 am, "d.b.baker" <rth...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Obama is simply the icing on the Marxist cake. The takeover has
> > > > > > > > been
> > > > > > > > underway for decades.
>
> > > > > > > > It's the "little" things, like Chicago charging 16 quarters for
> > > > > > > > an
> > > > > > > > hour of parking. Or that new red-light camera around the
> > > > > > > > corner, you
> > > > > > > > know, the one where the yellow changes in 1.5 seconds. Neat,
> > > > > > > > huh. Or
> > > > > > > > forcing corn oil into your gas tank, blowing the head gasket.
>
> > > > > > > > Little things, like Eminent Domain, so the local apparatchik
> > > > > > > > can seize
> > > > > > > > you property. I'm afraid to even mention all the wrongfully
> > > > > > > > convicted
> > > > > > > > sitting on death row - the precipitous rise of the "Nancy
> > > > > > > > Graces." Or
> > > > > > > > little Johnny forced into a dangerous school. And the tax on
> > > > > > > > productivity, the regulations meant to bankrupt business,
> > > > > > > > individuals,
> > > > > > > > and anyone else not beholden.
>
> > > > > > > > How 'bout importing terrorists by the boat load. And the
> > > > > > > > illiterate,
> > > > > > > > the "less" militant non-assimilaters. Nervous? Well don't take
> > > > > > > > up
> > > > > > > > cigarettes, they're nearing 10-dollars a pack. My neighbor Sam
> > > > > > > > has
> > > > > > > > taken up tobacco farming. On the other side, Mrs. Rose is
> > > > > > > > planting
> > > > > > > > squash. And potatoes. And Sunday she's going fishing - taking a
> > > > > > > > taxi,
> > > > > > > > too, she doesn't want to get caught in another roadside, police
> > > > > > > > shakedown.
>
> > > > > > > > While the young are all a Twitter. Tweeting their way down the
> > > > > > > > dead-
> > > > > > > > end road.
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