(May 1, 2010 at 1:11 am)padraic Wrote: Don't mean to be argumentative. I won't pursue this issue after this post. I have not and will not argue from personal experience or other anecdotal evidence and will ignore any you provide.
FACT smoking leads directly decreased lung capacity; almost all smoker either have or WILL develop emphysema. Damaged lungs mean it's harder to fight minor respiratory infections.
Thankyou pad ..I will pass on these FACTS to my friends children who have emphysema, Lung cancer and are unable to travel 1km without Bronchiodialators
(May 1, 2010 at 1:11 am)padraic Wrote: The range of illnesses directly associated with smoking overall cost are well documented. (Google is your friend)
And are only against smoking ..have you looked up the 'healthy' ones?? The sports injuries, bicycle riding, Mountain biking, Bushwalking injuries and deaths??
Yeah I've read all that and it is still inacurate.
The point I am trying to insert here is the EMOTIONALISM attached the the 'Anti Smoking programe' and it's incongruity with real life.
I dare say you will die of lung cancer long before I will pad. If you aren't on the road there already.
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