I’m not a smoker, so tolerate my “innocence” here, but it seems to me that if most of the health risk associated with tobacco are the result of inhaling carcinogens, then an electronic cigarrette negates much of that risks while still providing the stimulant effect from nicotine.
Granted nicotine is not “good for you”, but if you have to smoke, is it not better to smoke low tar cigarrettes, in which case aren’t electronic cigarrettes tar free?
What would happen if electronic cigarrettes were “decriminalized”, received tax breaks and relief from the anti smoking campaigns, in a sense promoting electronic cigarrettes to truly reduce the use of smoking?
I’m not promoting smoking, but i would promote a less heath adverse smoking; if you gotta smoke go smokeless…
I think a much better solution would be to allow Gilby, Harper, and Maestro8 to shoot all smokers in the face.
This would accomplish at least 3 things. The three of them would get to use their guns. People would be held accountable for their bad decisions, i.e. smoking. Nobody would have to pay for smokers’ health care.
Now I am an ex-smoker but only by a year and I back slid one day in early June. If that means one of them gets to shoot me in the face, so be it. I will live - or in this case die - by my bad decisions.
I apologize for the blatant thread jack. If that means you get to shoot me in the face, so be it as well.
This is a typical, left-wing liberal democrat approach to exploiting democracy. I have a great idea. Here’s how you are going to implement it. Anyway, you know you’re safe from me as long as you’re wearing that fashionable red T-shirt. I could never harm an esthete.
Conventional “we” - all of us: “We all share an interest in unicycling.”
Royal “we” - the person making statement. “We are not amused.”
Military “we” - you: “we will take the ridge at dawn.”
In politics, these can be used together in single sentences in order to enhance ambiguity:
“We have a great idea. Here’s how we are going to implement it.”
Next lesson will be on the three types of minutes: “Standard”, “New York”, and “Football”
A nicotine patch might deliver the same medicine with even less impact than an e-cig… but it’s still a controlled substance (must be 18+ to buy). Thing is, part of the smoking addiction is the oral stimulation of inhaling from a stogie.
(insert oral joke here)
Candy cigarettes are still legal. Do they even make those anymore?
Rafael, I hope you don’t own a gun.
I get to use mine regularly. Never shot a living thing, never intend to…
If this ever happened in my lifetime… I’d be a happy boy!
Darwin will take care of this. We’ve no need to step in.
You’re looking for something connected from Billy. That’s a habit more insidious than smoking or drinking.
I have always found it amusing that anyone might think it is somehow not unhealthy to roll up a bunch of dried leaves, light them on fire, and inhale the smoke.
I have also found it amusing that anyone might think it is somehow not unhealthy to drink a flammable, organic solvent.
I have found it even more amusing that anyone might think it is somehow not unhealthy to dictate or regulate the ingestion choices that others make.
Of course both drinking and smoking are not to be considered healthy.
Although some statistics have shown that people who drink a glass of wine per day tend to live longer than those that don’t drink alcohol at all. So in moderation it seems to be just fine. Whatever…
Personally I quit smoking because the addiction got so strong that I had to smoke about a pack a day (not so unusual) and it felt wrong to me. And I had seen people die from lung cancer which seems to be a horrible way to die. Also non smoking areas were such a PITA it was ridiculous.
So for me it was either smoke on the way I did or quit entirely. So I did the latter, not looking back at all.
Alcohol on the other hand isn’t something I have to consume constantly to feel okay. And I’m sure I would quit that too if that ever happened.
Being an (non abstinent) alcoholic would certainly not be any healthier than being a chain smoker.
