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re: What finally killed smoking?
Posted on 3/12/17 at 9:43 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Posted on 3/12/17 at 9:43 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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It keeps pussies like you away from me
Right. So to be a tough guy you have to smell bad? Got it.
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Posted on 3/12/17 at 10:53 pm to ksayetiger
The real answer is taxation; smoking has become a fairly expensive habit, and the prevalence of multiple pack a day smokers has dropped precipitously-- meaning the people who did smoke had additional incentive to wean the addiction.
As smoking has become more expensive, the alternatives for treating the addiction have also blossomed; this has expanded the opportunity for an addict to reform and quit, or at least curtail their smoking.
Throw them together, and you get a population where public smoking is a behavior in visible decline, which feeds on itself-- you don't see people smoking socially as much, you don't see it every day necessarily-- and it snowballs as a social phenomenon, becoming a behind closed doors thing.
As smoking has become more expensive, the alternatives for treating the addiction have also blossomed; this has expanded the opportunity for an addict to reform and quit, or at least curtail their smoking.
Throw them together, and you get a population where public smoking is a behavior in visible decline, which feeds on itself-- you don't see people smoking socially as much, you don't see it every day necessarily-- and it snowballs as a social phenomenon, becoming a behind closed doors thing.
Posted on 3/12/17 at 11:02 pm to StTiger
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Go in front of Middleton and you'll see a bunch of jackasses sitting around smoking "protecting their rights"
I don't mind if someone smokes if I can avoid them. I do mind when they do it right by the entrances of buildings, restaurants, or where the general public might roam. If I walked though a designated area and complained, I'd be an a-hole for sure, but not when it's as the only exit available
Sorry you hate the freedom of others.
Posted on 3/12/17 at 11:21 pm to BoardReader
I don't know what killed smoking, but I know what killed the dinosaur --
Posted on 3/12/17 at 11:26 pm to Slippy
Shaming.. It works wonders.
Posted on 3/12/17 at 11:29 pm to Slippy
Pussification of america
Posted on 3/13/17 at 12:05 am to stout
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stout
Sorry for your loss-- best wishes.
Posted on 3/13/17 at 12:09 am to Honky Lips
quote:did you walk around the parade ground at all? my guess is "no".
You say that, but I didn't see hardly any college kids smoking at the LSU game I went to this year. 10 years ago it was a smoke fest.
Posted on 3/13/17 at 2:36 am to Slippy
I think it was because big tobacco called black people a "market priority".
Posted on 3/13/17 at 3:57 am to Slippy
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I have noticed a sharp downturn in smoking
In the US, there has been a consistent anti-smoking campaign for the last 25 years.
In Europe, they're still smoking like the 70s and 80s in the states. Baffles me.
Posted on 3/13/17 at 4:31 am to Slippy
It's way cheaper for trashy people to pop pills than smoke these days. Would be interesting to see West Virginia's stats on this since we know they are hardcore on the pills.
Posted on 3/13/17 at 4:42 am to Honky Lips
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You say that, but I didn't see hardly any college kids smoking at the LSU game I went to this year. 10 years ago it was a smoke fest.
A bunch of campuses banned smoking in that time frame. LSU included.
Posted on 3/13/17 at 7:14 am to Slippy
Smoking is still going strong.
Posted on 3/13/17 at 7:15 am to Slippy
Marijuana
Posted on 3/13/17 at 7:28 am to Slippy
Tons of people still smoke
Posted on 3/13/17 at 11:52 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
My dad's siblings smoked. Well 5 of the 7 did. Dad died of cancer in 2014. Aunt Betty died at 69 of cancer. Uncle Lloyd died at 67 of lung cancer. No reason to start.
My mom smoked 20 cigs a day and died at 53. My shirts smelled like shite when I went somewhere outside the home. It often took 3 washing a to get the stench out of my clothes.
I think of the money I saved by not smoking. Gross habit
My mom smoked 20 cigs a day and died at 53. My shirts smelled like shite when I went somewhere outside the home. It often took 3 washing a to get the stench out of my clothes.
I think of the money I saved by not smoking. Gross habit
Posted on 3/14/17 at 1:48 am to Fusaichi Pegasus
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Cigar smoking on the up tick
Along with all forms of oral cancer, heart disease and emphysema.
LINK
Posted on 3/14/17 at 6:20 am to AUsteriskPride
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Shaming.. It works wonders.
I'm not sure about that. Look at the increase in numbers of all the disgusting fatties out there with their huge bellies, and their flabby arms and saggy pectorals.
Fat shaming had been pretty ineffective, even when the fmr. Governor of California is involved.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 6:43 am to Slippy
The gay arts majors on campus still smoke. You see them outside the library all the time puffing on their cigs like they're penises
Posted on 3/14/17 at 6:46 am to tigerpimpbot
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I'm not sure about that. Look at the increase in numbers of all the disgusting fatties out there with their huge bellies, and their flabby arms and saggy pectorals. Fat shaming had been pretty ineffective, even when the fmr. Governor of California is involved.
We may shame fat people in private, but as long as they get rascals at Disney and Walmart, we won't be shaming them in public effectively. Make those frickers walk and they'll start feeling the heat
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