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Sorry had to post again about the man comment :~)
From what I see the average woman today doesn't even want a man so that's not really going to make her not want to smoke :~)
I do like what you posted.
posted by
Taffy000
on July 13, 2004 at 6:50 AM
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Smoking
I respect what you're trying to do. I don't believe that people are blind to what they're doing. It's kind of like eating a horrible diet and not exercising. Sure we know we're fat but we'd rather eat and be fat and not exercise than exercise. That's our choice. I grew up with smokers and they continue to smoke. I do think it's extremely selfish to raise a child in a home and a car filled with smoke. Now I think the government or social service agencies try to take children from homes where the parents smoke. I don't think that's "right" either.
If someone chooses to smoke I think they have deeper issues than just smoking and I don't think they are all addicted. Maybe they are. I'm addicted to Coke. Could I go without caffeine for 9 months of a pregnancy. Probably not. I've seen thirteen year old girls smoke during their pregnancy. I think smoking is worse than caffeine but I'm open to seeing some studies.
I just don't feel I can tell someone not to smoke. I'll encourage my children not to smoke but in the end it's their decision and if they smoke they'll do it outside of my home. I think some people have suicidal tendencies. You can't reason those out of anyone.
posted by
Taffy000
on July 13, 2004 at 6:48 AM
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Awww, Flipp!
Who knew you read advice for young women?
The trouble with public smoking, of course, is that you force everyone around you to smoke, too. For some people, this is just the annoyance of stinky clothes and hair. But there are people for which the consequences are more serious.
I have health problems that make cigarettes the bane of my existence. If public smoking weren't so widely banned in the US, I would have a hard time living a normal life. (I have the same problems with public incense-burning, by the way.)
But that's not why I made this post. As you know, a lot of smoking in the US is now done in private homes or in nightclubs that people like me can easily avoid. So when I wrote the message warning young women how easy it is to get addicted to cigarettes and what the consequences of regular smoking can be, it was to remind them that avoiding tobacco is one definite way they can protect their health. It's not something I would bring up in The Bunny Blog, but it fits the context of this blog.
posted by
Bunny
on February 23, 2004 at 9:20 PM
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It's one thing to say smoking is unhealthy (for, sure: it is)
but it's another thing to go blowing everything out of proportion. I don't necessarily mean you personally, Bunny, but I'm talking about the general mass-hysteria in the US (which, incidentally is now moving to the UK government too) concerning smoking! If you ask me, there are things that are far, far wore than smoking, amny of which pretty much everyone ingests with pretty much every meal that they eat. I personally am 100% against GM food, which is, of course, sold, eaten, produced like crazy in the US - with next to no research done on the effects of consuming genetically modified food, I would not be surprised if everntually major, major consequences to people's health surface. Smoking has been a pleasure enjoyed by countless ancient civilisations and tribes, and I really do think that part of what makes it so dangerous is the all the hype that health paranoia that, sadly, accompanies it. We shall see.
posted by
Ufatbastard
on February 23, 2004 at 6:53 PM
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