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08-27-2006, 10:37 PM
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Re: is smoking unhealthy for you?
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Smokers are people. They became smokers either by choice or circumstance. Gays and homeless people also became gay or homeless either by choice or circumstance. Would you berate a gay person or a homeless person? Leave smokers alone. [/ QUOTE ] I don't mind someone smoking pole, it doesn't stink up my elevator ride. And I've never had a homeless dude follow me up to my floor, by then I've pointed them to STT. Are you trying to make a point here or is this a subtle mass uprising of smelly gay homeless people who need a forum in which to post? 
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08-27-2006, 10:50 PM
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Re: is smoking unhealthy for you?
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I don't mind someone smoking pole, it doesn't stink up my elevator ride. And I've never had a homeless dude follow me up to my floor, by then I've pointed them to STT. Are you trying to make a point here or is this a subtle mass uprising of smelly gay homeless people who need a forum in which to post? [/ QUOTE ] Meh. More like just making an argument as frail as: "It's my body, my choice" or "I'll do what I please." or "Animals have feelings too." A subtle uprising of smelly gay homeless people needing a place to post was pretty lol though.
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08-28-2006, 12:12 AM
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Re: is smoking unhealthy for you?
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I am 22 and hardly even smoke. Probably a pack or 2 per month. I can start as quit pretty much as I please (I've quit like 3 times for a few months each time) but enjoy the occasional cigarette if I do this for a few more years is there any real chance of longterm health effects? [/ QUOTE ] Short answer - Yes. Longer answer - You'd have to live a long,long time to see these effects. So many other things are going to kill you before this, if you're anything like the average person. Mm, mm, All-American breakfast, anybody? And ugh, keep your cigarettes away from me while I scarf it down.
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#4
08-28-2006, 12:44 AM
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Re: is smoking unhealthy for you?
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is smoking unhealthy for you? [/ QUOTE ] smoking does 2 things - destroys lung tissue and causes cancer. The lung tissue can and will repair itself. 2 packs per month isn't enough to do any lasting damage in this way even if you did it your whole life. Cancer is different... it's brought on by an accumulation of damage to cell's DNA. The more damage that's done, the higher your risk. This is damage that wont be repaired and is with you for life. So in theory (we don't understand everything about everything just yet) smoking 2 packs a month for the next 60 years increases your risk of cancer the same as 2 packs a day for 2 years would. Is that a "real chance for longterm health effects"? Yes. Not a huge chance, but it is real.
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