jimbo wrote:
Sussex wrote:
jasbar wrote:
I hate smoking too. The ban won't stop smoking. It hasn't elsewhere, it won't here.
Well I'm not so sure about that, only time will tell.
But from my experience fewer and fewer people are smoking, and where, say, ten years ago many people asked if they could smoke in the car, less than one a month ask now.
In my opinion smokers are the among the most selfish people I come into contact with, so they should keep their killing habit to themselves.
Well, there had to be a topic somewhere on here that I just had to agree with Sussex on, and here it is!
So let's bang in a few facts.
Smoking Kills.
50% of smokers will die from a smoking related disease.
Only 26% of the adult population of the UK smoke. (31% in Scotland)
The Royal Scam.
Illegal drugs, such as Heroin, and Cocaine, at least have a very visible and physiological effect, not that I have, or ever would, try them. The biggest scam in the history of civilisation is TOBACCO. Why? because, unlike other recreational drugs, such as the above, and which should also include fairly, alcohol, Tobacco in itself does not offer an artificial high. With a content that some claim the tobacco industry secretly boost of nicotine, that is more addictive than heroin. All that a cigarette does in effect, is satisfy the craving for nicotine, until the next ciggie. No high, no buzz. So why do smokers smoke? Because they HAVE to, not because they want to. The most addictive drug in the world is legal, and smokers pay 95% tax on thier fix. Give up NOW. Hey! You! Mr 40 A Day! You know how you feel, after your first fag of the day, or after a meal, or after sex, if you can remember, you could feel as good as I do all the time, because I don't suffer the craving that you do, that only another ciggie will cure. Go on , you all threaten to bring the goverment to it's knees by giving up the evil weed , so go on, DO IT!!!!!.... But you can't, can you?
Ever known anyone over 20 have their first cigarette?
Tobacco, the most expensive method of suicide.
Why is it, (in England, anyway,) that smoking taxi drivers have "No Smoking" signs in their Cabs?
Well Jimbo 100% of people die, but as usual the general message about this gets lost in peoples personal dislike of smoking, it was never about the smoking, it was about the method used to apply a blanket ban.
Death rates for men aged 16-34 are virtually the same as in 1971.
Suicide rates for men aged 15-24 have more than doubled since 1971.
The incidence of prostate cancer has increased by over 135 per cent since 1971.
The number of men with testicular cancer has more than doubled since 1971.
The number of men aged 25-64 dying from chronic liver disease has increased five times since 1970. (Alcohol misuse is the main cause of chronic liver disease.)
The proportion of men who are obese has more than tripled since 1980
Men in social class five (unskilled manual) still have a life expectancy at birth that is below average male life expectancy in the early 1970s.
STATISTICS BACKGROUND
Average male life expectancy at birth is now 75 years.
Men in social class 5 still have a life expectancy at birth that is below average male life expectancy in the early 1970s. The average life expectancy of a man in social class 5 (unskilled manual) is currently 68.2 years; average life expectancy for all men in 1972-76 was 69.2 years.
Men living in some disadvantaged communities continue to have a life expectancy similar to the national average male life expectancy for the late 1970s. The life expectancy at birth of all men in Manchester is currently 70.5 years; average life expectancy for all men in 1977-81 was 70.0 years.
Death rates for men aged 16-34 are virtually the same as in 1971. The death rate for men aged 16-24 and 25-34 was 100 per 100,000 population in 1971; in 1999, the death rates were 80 per 100,000 for men aged 16-24 and 100 for men aged 25-34.
Suicide rates for men aged 15-24 have more than doubled since 1971. There were 16 suicides per 100,000 population aged 15-24 in 1999 compared to 'only' seven per 100,000 in 1971. The majority of suicides now occur in young adult males and suicide is the most common cause of death in men aged under 35.
The incidence of prostate cancer has increased by over 135 per cent since 1971. 30 men per 100,000 were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1971; by 1997, 71 men per 100,000 were diagnosed. 18,300 men are now diagnosed with prostate cancer each year and 8,500 die.
The number of men with testicular cancer more than doubled between 1971 and 1997. There are now over 1,440 new cases diagnosed each year, although 'only' 70 deaths.
The number of men aged 25-64 dying from chronic liver disease has increased five-fold in the period 1970-2000. Alcohol misuse is the biggest single cause of chronic liver disease. 27 per cent of men now drink more than the recommended limits. 36 per cent of those aged 16-24 drink excessively.
The proportion of men who are obese has more than tripled since 1980; the proportion of men who are overweight has increased by one-third. 45 per cent of men are now overweight and another 17 per cent are obese
http://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/userp ... tem_id=915How come all these cancers are increasing whilst the rate of smoking is falling?
Yeah, I was a smoker. Packed it in. Smelly horrible habit.
But, when people come to my house as guests, I accord them the fullest comforts I can. I don't want them sitting outside. I want to talk with them.
But, you know, smokers have now been stigmatised for so long they now drift to the back door automatically.
I know smoking is smelly. I know people hate it. But those who smoke are still people. My kinda people.
Stu, you're a brick. I salute you.
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so are people not safer indoors with their ciggie in a controlled environment rather than being forced to sit or stand in all that pollution and thus risking death or illness?
