SptsNaz
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Funnily enough I got a free exemplar of "Quest Braintainment" at Uni the other day. It has an article about the effects of smoking. It says: "On average non-smokers live 7 years longer than smokers.Were you to smoke 10 a day you lose 4 years. Smoke more than 30 a day? You lose almost 9 years." Also: "Smokers not only die sooner but they are also more often ill. Count it all up and smokers are ill for 6 more years than non-smokers."
I'm not advocating smoking, but honestly drinking on a regular basis and other things will take far more off your life than smoking. Not to mention how many people die young from drinking and driving, drinking and getting into fights, etc... Yet alcohol for some reason isn't looked upon as anywhere near as bad as smoking for some reason
So I can smoke 10 cigarettes for the rest of my life and only lose 4 years of it? Big freaking deal. The life expectancy in the U.S. is now close to 78 years. If those stats are accurate and let's say I was healthy otherwise then I would live up until 74. That's 5% of my life, and that' assuming I never miss a day without smoking, which isn't the case for most people. The way some people bitch about smoking you'd think one cigarette will make you implode or something. It's ridiculous
Almost 40% of the population smokes in Japan and Greece, yet the life expectancy in those countries are the highest in the world (over 80 years). Why is that?
I am against smoking in indoor areas though, even bars. Even as a smoker I don't like it when people smoke inside, and I would never do it in my house.
I believe people really need to ease up on all the anti-smoking propaganda. No, smoking is not the healthiest thing in the world, but I also think the stigma attached to it is unwarranted. Many of the studies about smoking are misleading also (for example, it may say it doubles your chances of heart disease, but your chances of getting heart diseases in the first place are very minute to begin with - so an increase from say .01% to .02 percent is hardly significant)
I think most Americans should be worried more about their diet than second hand smoke. Obesity rates are at an all time high right now and no one seems to care.