topic Re: Smoking Cigarettes in Wellness

Smoking Cigarettes

SeaMaiden — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:44:18 GMT

More People Die Each Year in the US From Smoking( nearly half a million)

than from

Murder, AIDS, suicide, Drugs, Car crashes, and Alcohol

COMBINED

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

Scooby Doo — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:51:40 GMT

Not nearly as many people are smoking nowadays. I've been hearing that more people are dying from opiod overdoses than other causes.

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

jeanlake — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:55:54 GMT

Smoking is harmful and addictive. Many good people either enjoy smoking or struggle with trying to cease. My heart goes out to them because of cost, harm and addiction. Have never smoked, but siblings and I suffer from growing up in a home where parents smoked inside and in cars. Siblings have asthma and when I get bronchitis, it takes forever to get rid of. Doc told me typical of children who grow up with smoking parents. On the bright side -- fewer people smoke and public is more protected from second-hand smoke than a few decades ago.

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

SeaMaiden — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:56:33 GMT

@Scooby Doo wrote:
Not nearly as many people are smoking nowadays. I've been hearing that more people are dying from opiod overdoses than other causes.

@Scooby Doo We have an opioid overdose crisis, but cigarettes still kill 15 times more people

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/1/16069684/fda-tobacco-regulation-nicotine-cigarette-smoking-deaths

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

mistyada — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:58:16 GMT

@Scooby Doo Opioid deaths are the leading cause of accidental deaths in 2015, not the leading cause of all deaths. There were 52,000+ opioid deaths in 2015. Cancer, heart disease and respiratory diseases are the top 3 causes of death in 2016. Many of these diseases are smoking related.

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

Goldengate8361 — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:59:42 GMT

I bet obesity and it’s related diseases (diabetes, cancer, etc) will soon become the front runner.

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

KingstonsMom — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 22:04:28 GMT

You made your opinion clear on the thread on CC, which was deleted:

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Cigarettes/m-p/4243408#M1178574

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

Kachina624 — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 22:21:05 GMT

How many threads do we need at one time telling everyone something we already know?

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

SeaMaiden — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 22:57:11 GMT

I just just thought it was eye opening....and shocking. Maybe open someone's eyes to make a positive move to save a life. That is all.

I expected someone might to turn the thread with a negative spin. Such is life.

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

TheMemphisVette — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 23:15:34 GMT

i don't know a single person who smokes that does not know it is bad for them.

you'd need to be living under a rock not to know.

what is not preached enough is the fast food issue. clearly with one or more on every block and drive thru lines loaded every day, the education is not happening.

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

shoppersince1989 — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 00:12:36 GMT

I have a magnet that says,

"If you are smoking in here, you better be on fire!"

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

software — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 02:00:54 GMT

I can't quote it but read an article recently that said half of all cancers are a result of lifestyle choices.

Smoking, alcohol, drugs, poor diet

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

Plaid Pants2 — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 02:02:15 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
More People Die Each Year in the US From Smoking( nearly half a million)

than from

Murder, AIDS, suicide, Drugs, Car crashes, and Alcohol

COMBINED

We get it, you hate smoking and smokers.

You have made that abundantly clear.

You can't force a smoker to quit.

They have to want to quit.

Nothing that you say, no matter how emphatically, is going to get them to quit until they are ready.

That's what you have to understand and accept.

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

lucymo — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 02:25:46 GMT

I smoked for a number of years but stopped 25 years ago. I can attest to how hard it is to stop. Many just turn from smoking to over eating and gain so much weight that it becomes a health issue too. There is help now to make it easier to stop but it won't ever be easy as habits are hard to break but well worth it. After I no longer had a craving for the cigarette I still had the habit of lighting up at certain times like after a meal.

We all know smoking is bad for us and that we shouldn't do it. I can no longer go to a restaurant that allows smoking even though I once was a smoker. So, if you are a smoker consider quitting for the sake of your health. I promise you will feel better when you're past the craving. Your sense of taste and smell will be so much stronger and you won't want to be around the smell of cigarettes.

I wish I could personally help someone give up smoking but that has to be their decision. Hounding and shaming just hurts people and won't make them quit. Good luck to anyone trying to quit.

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

Sooner — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 02:34:51 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
More People Die Each Year in the US From Smoking( nearly half a million)

than from

Murder, AIDS, suicide, Drugs, Car crashes, and Alcohol

COMBINED

@SeaMaiden SO?????????????????

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

chrystaltree — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 04:47:20 GMT

@Scooby Doo wrote:
Not nearly as many people are smoking nowadays. I've been hearing that more people are dying from opiod overdoses than other causes.

There is an opiod crisis but it pales in comparison to the number of people who die from smoking related illnesses. It's not even close.

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

Starpolisher — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:44:39 GMT

@shopper since 1989 wrote:
I have a magnet that says,

"If you are smoking in here, you better be on fire!"

Many, many years ago I gave my sister one that says,

" If you're smoking in here your butt better be on fire!"...lol

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

cherry — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:51:10 GMT

I don't smoke or drink , but you know what? Preaching does nothing at all, to make someone quit. I makes them think ill of the person doing it

It's not very nice to nag about it, either

People can have far worse habits that aren't harmful to their health, but make life miserable for the people around them.

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

Tinkrbl44 — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:56:12 GMT

@software wrote:
I can't quote it but read an article recently that said half of all cancers are a result of lifestyle choices.

Smoking, alcohol, drugs, poor diet

@software

Our dog was put down recently because he had stomach cancer that had spread to other organs. He had a good doggie diet ..... and I'm pretty sure he didn't smoke, drink or do drugs.

Unfortunately, a lot of animals get cancer. Any theories?

Re: Smoking Cigarettes

Tinkrbl44 — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 15:04:13 GMT

@lucymo wrote:
I smoked for a number of years but stopped 25 years ago. I can attest to how hard it is to stop. Many just turn from smoking to over eating and gain so much weight that it becomes a health issue too. There is help now to make it easier to stop but it won't ever be easy as habits are hard to break but well worth it. After I no longer had a craving for the cigarette I still had the habit of lighting up at certain times like after a meal.

We all know smoking is bad for us and that we shouldn't do it. I can no longer go to a restaurant that allows smoking even though I once was a smoker. So, if you are a smoker consider quitting for the sake of your health. I promise you will feel better when you're past the craving. Your sense of taste and smell will be so much stronger and you won't want to be around the smell of cigarettes.

I wish I could personally help someone give up smoking but that has to be their decision. Hounding and shaming just hurts people and won't make them quit. Good luck to anyone trying to quit.

The terminology is off ...... smoking isn't a silly "habit" ...... It's an ADDICTION.

If someone is a regular heroin user, do you think people would call it a heroin "habit"?