I have to speak for people who smoke because I smoked before my accident.
Number one back in the day when smoking was considered cool and high class tobacco co's not farmers told people that smoking was almost good for you and started experimenting with additives to make the body crave it just like alcohol and it worked.
Most people that smoke don't even want to anymore and just saying quit or you're going to die proves how addictive it is and extremely hard if not impossible for a majority of people.
It cost a person $1400 a year to smoke at a pack a day and if that isn't reason enough to quit nothing is.
I smoked about 3 1/2 years after sci and it still wasn't easy to quit even though it helped give me pneumonia on several occasions.
It's terrible to smoke but it isn't easy to quit and I still have cravings to this day and just like an alcoholic I take it day by day.
Mark
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Date: 05/26/06 18:06:11
Subject: Fw: [QUAD-L] Handicap Parking-smoking
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Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Handicap Parking-smoking
Now Now Little Quad,
I know smoking is not the right choice, it mite have helped kill my dad. But it was his choice to smoke, just like a lot more things we chose to do to our bodies. Like over eating, drinking alcahol taking drugs just to name a few. We all seem to forget that tobacco made America what it is today, it got the settelers on their feet so they could buy supplies. Im a tobacco farmer and a American, I believe in freedom of choice. I also was a smoker before my accident, but I never smoked in a public place or where I thought it mite bother another person. Its called RESPECT thats what wrong with the world today, the lack of respect! Sorry if this affended anybody, just had to jump in defend tobacco its provided cloths and food for my family for 4 generations .
Silas
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Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Handicap Parking-smoking
they are killing us, 2nd hand smoke is more dangerous....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 5/26/2006 12:38:20 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
True, they are hurting themselves...I can't stand people smoking cigaretts..another product that effects the whole worlds air quailty and harms others.... but we can't kill the smokers lol but they are killing themselves.
Actually, you are very right. This is not the 1020's when we were dumb and ignorant
of the smoking facts. Almost the 22th Century and some of the population still doesn't understand or wants to understand some basic facts about the dangers of smoking.
Happy Holiday
W
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