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re: I'll never understand smokers
Posted on 11/9/17 at 5:55 pm to shotcaller1
Posted on 11/9/17 at 5:55 pm to shotcaller1
1. Smoking cigs is cool
2. Prove to me that cigs cause harm
3. I’ll flick my butts at you as I fly past in my Porsche, while your wife is giving me head, and you can’t do anything to stop me.
2. Prove to me that cigs cause harm
3. I’ll flick my butts at you as I fly past in my Porsche, while your wife is giving me head, and you can’t do anything to stop me.
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Posted on 11/9/17 at 5:57 pm to Steadyhands
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Did you smoke a carton a day?
No. I smoked for 25 years. For the last ten, I was easily at two cartons a week.
I could smoke 5 packs in 24 hours if I went out drinking or when I was in school and was cramming or writing a paper at the last minute.
So, yeah. I smoked a lot. Haven't had a puff in over 90 months, but if I picked one up today, I would probably be back to more than a pack per day within a few days, and two packs within a couple weeks.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 5:58 pm to shotcaller1
Been smoking for 18 years.
Just found out I have ball cancer.
I never should have let my balls smoke.
Lungs are still strong though.
People that litter are trash.
Just found out I have ball cancer.
I never should have let my balls smoke.
Lungs are still strong though.
People that litter are trash.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 6:01 pm to CharlesLSU
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naw.....its a scientifically proven chemical addiction.
you can be an arse. just avoid being a dumb arse.
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Nicotine withdrawal symptoms usually reach their peak 2 to 3 days after you quit, and are gone within 1 to 3 months.
So if you can go 3 days, you have the chemical addiction part of this kicked, dumbass. I quit cold turkey after 10 years BTW.
This post was edited on 11/9/17 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 11/9/17 at 6:04 pm to shotcaller1
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And then we have to smell it on them all day.
Its good to see you survived this horrendous ordeal.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 6:38 pm to Big_Slim
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Amen man. It's amazing how many people are obsessed with another mans habits
I think most of the posters are just making the point that given all of the available information we have about the detrimental effects of smoking it is amazing that smokers are not doing everything humanly possible to stop.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 6:51 pm to EA6B
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I think most of the posters are just making the point that given all of the available information we have about the detrimental effects of smoking it is amazing that smokers are not doing everything humanly possible to stop being so inconsiderate
Posted on 11/9/17 at 6:57 pm to eScott
Long sigh......can’t fix stupid.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 7:42 pm to Steadyhands
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ETA...one of you down votes give a reply as to why you down voted,
Because you complained about down votes. It's a rule.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 7:58 pm to LSUtoBOOT
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“After Einstein divorced his first wife, Mileva Maric, in 1919, he married his cousin, Elsa Loewenthal (nee Einstein). How closely were they related? Quite close. Elsa was actually related to Albert on both sides of his family.”
Roll Tahd!
Posted on 11/9/17 at 8:04 pm to shotcaller1
About 40% of smokers are mentally ill (not kidding). See here: Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) study
Basically 59% of people who have recent mental illness issues smoke at some point in their lives, and 41% of them smoke currently.
Perhaps it isn't poverty that causes smoking, but mental illness that causes poverty and smoking.
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Current smoking rates for respondents with no mental illness, lifetime mental illness, and past-month mental illness were 22.5%, 34.8%, and 41.0%, respectively. Lifetime smoking rates were 39.1%, 55.3%, and 59.0%, respectively (P<.001 for all comparisons).
Basically 59% of people who have recent mental illness issues smoke at some point in their lives, and 41% of them smoke currently.
Perhaps it isn't poverty that causes smoking, but mental illness that causes poverty and smoking.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 8:19 pm to shotcaller1
I'm drinking wine and wish I had a joint
Posted on 11/9/17 at 8:35 pm to AUstar
I'm not going to lie... the stats you posted are confusing to me.
So.. there are crazy people. And stats say they smoke.
Then 50 percent of the 80 percent cross patterned with the 20 percent that only tried once are 100 percent part of the count?
I feel like statistics are 80 percent made up.
So.. there are crazy people. And stats say they smoke.
Then 50 percent of the 80 percent cross patterned with the 20 percent that only tried once are 100 percent part of the count?
I feel like statistics are 80 percent made up.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 8:54 pm to vilma4prez
I am down to 5 or 6 cigs a day. I smoke one in the am with coffee that's the best, one after each meal, one at night,and if the wife is in the mood one after that. 
Posted on 11/9/17 at 8:56 pm to SEClint
Does it count as smoking if I roll up some American spirit tobacco and weed into a 50/50 mix in a spliff?
Posted on 11/9/17 at 8:59 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
I can't believe companies still allow smoke breaks
Posted on 11/9/17 at 9:27 pm to HippieTiger
Yes. Why would your ruin good weed with tobacco?
That's like taking a nice Angus tomahawk ribeye, and marinating it in cough syrup and cooking it in the microwave.
That's like taking a nice Angus tomahawk ribeye, and marinating it in cough syrup and cooking it in the microwave.
This post was edited on 11/9/17 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 11/9/17 at 9:36 pm to vilma4prez
This study was done back in the early 90's. They basically did a survey of known smokers then polled them about mental illness diagnoses.
41% of people with mental illness symptoms within the past month were also current smokers. Another 18% of those people had smoked at some point in their lives, raising it to a 59% overall smoking rate (current smokers + ex smokers).
34.8% of people with a mental illness diagnosis in their life (but symptom free for one month or longer) were current smokers. Another 21% of them had smoked at some point in their lives, raising it to 55%.
Only 22% of people with no mental illness reported smoking.
So if you compare people who have a current mental illness and those with past issues, the rate of smoking is very similar and both are much higher than the average of people with no mental illness (22%).
This study is legit, published in JAMA (one of the most respected journals) and has been cited thousands of times in other studies.
The CDC has since done its own studies and replicated the findings. They did a study in 2011 and found that 20% of US adults have a current mental illness (this includes all possible illnesses combined). Out of that 20%, about 36% reported being smokers. Only 21% of those without an illness reported smoking (compared with 22% back in 1992, so it's almost identical).
So it looks like smoking has went down among everyone since 1992, if only a little. However, the rate among the mentally ill is is still far higher than the general population.
41% of people with mental illness symptoms within the past month were also current smokers. Another 18% of those people had smoked at some point in their lives, raising it to a 59% overall smoking rate (current smokers + ex smokers).
34.8% of people with a mental illness diagnosis in their life (but symptom free for one month or longer) were current smokers. Another 21% of them had smoked at some point in their lives, raising it to 55%.
Only 22% of people with no mental illness reported smoking.
So if you compare people who have a current mental illness and those with past issues, the rate of smoking is very similar and both are much higher than the average of people with no mental illness (22%).
This study is legit, published in JAMA (one of the most respected journals) and has been cited thousands of times in other studies.
The CDC has since done its own studies and replicated the findings. They did a study in 2011 and found that 20% of US adults have a current mental illness (this includes all possible illnesses combined). Out of that 20%, about 36% reported being smokers. Only 21% of those without an illness reported smoking (compared with 22% back in 1992, so it's almost identical).
So it looks like smoking has went down among everyone since 1992, if only a little. However, the rate among the mentally ill is is still far higher than the general population.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 9:38 pm to AUstar
I know I'm bound to have a few mental illnesses and I hate cigarettes.
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