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Originally Posted by Eric
It's the preaching horse manure that really pees me off ... Smoking is a health "issue" (hate that buzz word; should have a warning label on it), and that's it ... period. But to the smoking nazi assholes, it is a moral and ethical issue. They preach as if, somehow, smokers are "bad" people  No they are not; they are ordinary people who happen to have an addiction. One, by the way, which is legal. Not only that, it is one that puts billions into government coffers, way more money than it costs to treat those who suffer from the ill-effects of smoking.
Put more money and effort into educating the young ... try to catch them before they start smoking. Forget the bs labels; they don't work. Like the one we had for a while here: "Smoking is Addictive" ... no shiite Sherlock; I always wondered why I smoked the damn things.  When warning labels were minimalist ... you know, the ones across the top of the pack ... a buddy of mine made some up on his computer, ones which you could stick on over the real ones. I remember a couple of them: "Warning, Smoking Makes Your Penis Grow"; and "Warning, Smoking Enlarges and Firms Up Your Breasts".  |
I agree with all this post-and I remember those labels they were funny
I gave up by accident!We were house-sitting for my parents. I had lost my tobacco-well it was actually in the car, but I couldn't find it in the dark..And I had no idea where any shops were or anything....... Neill had his electric vapouriser that he used to give up , he had bought me one for my birthday but because I didn't want to give up, I hadn't touched it. This time, I tried his , liked it and got mine out when I got home. Not smoked since, use the vapouriser substitute instead. I admit I still vape as much as I smoked, but seeing as I never wanted to give up-didn't feel I had much reason to and guess hadn't gotten around to wanting to, I am still glad and feel good to have binned the burning
I didn't have any of the usual concerns, it didn't cost me more than a couple of £1s a week if that, as I didn't usually pay for it , ever smoked when I went out for a drink or was having wine at home...Didn't start until I was 22 (!) Still ran every day... No symptoms of health-damage. ...Adverts against smoking never touched me-but then I rarely saw them, never watched TV .