Free Man Lee (Comedy)
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2/9/2008 7:38:42 AM
Concerning ciggarettes
My estranged grand uncle smoked 80 cigg's a day and led a healthy life. He then got ran over by a coach, the 426 to South Shields, and they say cigg's are bad for you. However, the coach driver has never smoked a ciggy in his life.
I remember the first time I didn't have a ciggarette. Immediately, I didn't have another and soon I was hooked. I have been a serious chain non-smoker for the last 20 years and I can state that I have had a very unhealthy life. Maybe I should stop being a chain non smoker? Any advice? Regards, FML :0)
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Duane Flock
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2/9/2008 8:34:31 AM
I used to smoke. I quit when I took the lighter away from my pyro kid that kept lighting my shoelaces and pants on fire.
I just went to non-drinkers annonomous, and I'm practicing to be a drunk again. Just last night I got shit-faced, fell and broke the screen door, got yelled at, and puked all over the bathroom floor. Gee......... what a great time!
Cheers, D.
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edison freeman and the color of fire
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2/9/2008 11:04:52 AM
I never smoked a cigarette until I was 44 years old. Before that, I always had problems with respiratory infections, colds, sore throats, and several bouts of pneumonia.
In the 11 years since I started smoking, those problems have disappeared largely. I'm not a heavy smoker, but not a light smoker either. About a pack a day on average. I practice moderation in everything, especially moderation. :)
There was a study I read on the net, I don't remember where it was (I have oldtimer's disease) that discussed the health history of GI's who had been deliberately exposed by the U.S. Government to above ground nuclear bomb explosions in the late 1940's and early 1950's, in the Nevada desert. Many died of lung cancer, but there was a negative correlation between lung cancer and smoking among those men. The hypothesis was that smoking causes a thickening of the lung mucus, which was more effective in trapping particles of fallout and passing them out of the system. And that's my hypothesis of why I don't suffer from respiratory infections anymore.
That being said, I think genetics are the key component. If your family has a history of lung cancer, don't smoke. My family on both sides have smoked like old chryslers with bad piston rings, and no cancer.
luck of the draw.
Personally, I believe smoking cigarettes is much safer than smoking chains.
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