ProstheticConscience
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Never smoked a day in my life.
Story checks out.That means you spark one up every half hour every day
Moderate, LOL....
Never smoked a day in my life.
Story checks out.That means you spark one up every half hour every day
Moderate, LOL....
Story checks out.
It’s extremely obnoxious.People who vape inside are extremely annoying.
I've been a former smoker for roughly two years, and let me tell you, the stress of this situation has had me craving (but not caving) for days now. When it comes to addictions, logic rarely comes into play. Yes, everyone should quit because of COVID. But everyone should quit just because they are so bad for you anyway (and a money pit, but that's another issue). If health was a real reason to quit for most who haven't, they would have already. As a former smoker, the only way smokers affect my life is when I get a whiff of second hand and it sets off a craving.
Just make them illegal already dammit.
On a side note, I'm not sure why the OP is singling out smokers. The world is "going out of their way" to help all sorts of groups of people here, not only smokers, and while I haven't read up any stats on how many severe cases have been smokers, I don't know if that would be a stat that made much of a difference except for in high risk groups like the elderly anyway.
Seriously? They are product that does nothing but kill people and line the pockets of the billionaires who run their industry. The medical impact alone is enough to have them illegal IMO. The addictiveness also. Of course a black market would just pop up so I guess in the long run it doesn't really matter, but fewer people would do it if they had to buy it from a cigarette dealer in my opinion.Why make them illegal?
Making them illegal would cause bigger problems than the health issues we have due to cigarettes.Seriously? They are product that does nothing but kill people and line the pockets of the billionaires who run their industry. The medical impact alone is enough to have them illegal IMO. The addictiveness also. Of course a black market would just pop up so I guess in the long run it doesn't really matter, but fewer people would do it if they had to buy it from a cigarette dealer in my opinion.
Seriously? They are product that does nothing but kill people and line the pockets of the billionaires who run their industry. The medical impact alone is enough to have them illegal IMO. The addictiveness also. Of course a black market would just pop up so I guess in the long run it doesn't really matter, but fewer people would do it if they had to buy it from a cigarette dealer in my opinion.
Not going to endorse smoking in any way. But in the case of this particular virus it is interesting that quite a few candidates are being synthesized using elements from the tobacco plant. Nicotine may interfere with the virus grabbing hold in a host. There have been a few studies on victims of covid noting that rates among smokers is extremely low compared to other demographics. Not a reason to start smoking of course. And in no way would it rationalize smoking considering how many deleterious effects it has on an individual and society at large. Anti-smoking groups have already denounced these theories and studies as being propaganda from the tobacco industry, so who knows...
Nicotine is contained in the nicotiana genus of plants. You know the same genus that provides the nicotiana tabacum for smoking. The same genus that provides Nicotine for nicotine patches (which they are trying in an experimental study in France to see if nicotine really is effective againt Covid 19) Never said I condoned smoking, so not really sure what you are sayingThe way people fail to (or refuse to) differentiate the concepts of "nicotine", "smoking", and "tobacco" blows my mind.
Nicotine is contained in the nicotiana genus of plants. You know the same genus that provides the nicotiana tabacum for smoking. The same genus that provides Nicotine for nicotine patches (which they are trying in an experimental study in France to see if nicotine really is effective againt Covid 19) Never said I condoned smoking, so not really sure what you are saying
pretty lame.
"It makes me angry that smokers endanger the health of others by smoking."
wrong. they endanger the health of others who are in direct contact with their second-hand smoke by smoking. Nice try though!!
pretty lame.
"There's a million articles pointing to smoker being high risk, including forbes, cnn, and ctv"
A million? Really? Did you count that many? Could you maybe link those million articles? Or is there a chance you might be overestimating that amount-- just to suit your narrative?
pretty lame.
Do smokers affect your health directly? If so, care to share how?
In Canada, with our universal healthcare, are we going to see smokers and obese people paying extra tax or something to cover the extra costs they cause the healthcare system?
Are you serious?
If someone said terrorists kill people, would you reply with "wrong, they only kill people in direct contact with their explosions. nice try"? This is the most petty, groundless rebuttal in this entire thread.
comparing second-hand smoke with terrorist explosions
right
i love this place.
really, I do!!
I think in Canada smokers are probably less a burden on the social safety net than non smokers.
- While they cause more health care costs earlier in life it is offset by
- less later in life costs- they die earlier
- less OAS payments- again die earlier
- tobacco tax contributed over their life.
I'm less motivated to quit because I so bored. I can't do anything except watch TV and smoke.So I am asking you smokers out there, does COVID-19 change anything for you? Are you more likely/motivated to quit than before? Do you recognize the effort taken by the entire planet to protect you (and others) as a high risk person? Share your thoughts and stories.