Community Chat

[NoelSeven]

Stating that "smoking has contributed to the premature deaths of an estimated 20 million Americans since the publication of the groundbreaking report in 1964."

Two and a half million of those deaths were related to second hand smoke.

And in a "new report, the government’s top doctor is acknowledging that smoking can also lead to diabetes, liver cancer, erectile dysfunction, and ectopic pregnancy."

The good news is that smoking rates continue to drop.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/01/17/3181271/smoking-americans-20-million/

[LilacTree]

OMG, my beloved sister, who smoked for 60 years, had an "ectoptic pregnancy" in her late 30s which was almost fatal!! Of course we never attributed it to smoking. She had three other children and smoked during all of her pregnancies. This was in the sixties.

[NoelSeven]

On 1/18/2014 Ford1224 said:

OMG, my beloved sister, who smoked for 60 years, had an "ectoptic pregnancy" in her late 30s which was almost fatal!! Of course we never attributed it to smoking. She had three other children and smoked during all of her pregnancies. This was in the sixties.

Hi Ford,

I don't think we can automatically assume it was from smoking, but it does give one pause.

[wildcat fan]

I grew up in a tobacco state, and my experiences with second hand smoke has created issues (asthma and allergies) for me. My parents and siblings never smoked. I was exposed to it at school and at grandparents. We had smoking areas in junior high and high school. Every classroom building at the University of Kentucky was filled a cloud of smoke in the hallways. I would walk into class with red eyes, runny nose, and I would cough and sneeze throughout class. I'd feel better when I went outside in the fresh air. In grades 8-12, the designated smoking areas were outside, but the doors would stay open because the smokers wanted to stand in the doorway due to hot or cold temperatures. Complaining to school personnel was pointless because most teachers and principals smoked and supplemented their income as tobacco farmers. UK's policy to allow smoking in classroom buildings was a nod to the tobacco industry. I'm glad to see the reports about second hand smoke because they changed policy at schools, but I think those in charge should have done something without all the publicity and research.

[LilacTree]

On 1/18/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 1/18/2014 Ford1224 said:

OMG, my beloved sister, who smoked for 60 years, had an "ectoptic pregnancy" in her late 30s which was almost fatal!! Of course we never attributed it to smoking. She had three other children and smoked during all of her pregnancies. This was in the sixties.

Hi Ford,

I don't think we can automatically assume it was from smoking, but it does give one pause.

Yes, that's what I mean. We didn't know anything then.

[NoelSeven]

On 1/18/2014 Ford1224 said:

On 1/18/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 1/18/2014 Ford1224 said:

OMG, my beloved sister, who smoked for 60 years, had an "ectoptic pregnancy" in her late 30s which was almost fatal!! Of course we never attributed it to smoking. She had three other children and smoked during all of her pregnancies. This was in the sixties.

Hi Ford,

I don't think we can automatically assume it was from smoking, but it does give one pause.

Yes, that's what I mean. We didn't know anything then.

You're right, there was a lot of effort to obfuscate.

[NoelSeven]

On 1/18/2014 wildcat fan said: I grew up in a tobacco state, and my experiences with second hand smoke has created issues (asthma and allergies) for me. My parents and siblings never smoked. I was exposed to it at school and at grandparents. We had smoking areas in junior high and high school. Every classroom building at the University of Kentucky was filled a cloud of smoke in the hallways. I would walk into class with red eyes, runny nose, and I would cough and sneeze throughout class. I'd feel better when I went outside in the fresh air. In grades 8-12, the designated smoking areas were outside, but the doors would stay open because the smokers wanted to stand in the doorway due to hot or cold temperatures. Complaining to school personnel was pointless because most teachers and principals smoked and supplemented their income as tobacco farmers. UK's policy to allow smoking in classroom buildings was a nod to the tobacco industry. I'm glad to see the reports about second hand smoke because they changed policy at schools, but I think those in charge should have done something without all the publicity and research.

Thanks for sharing that, wildcat fan

[chickenbutt]

Hey Noel! Not surprising, eh? (either thing - the report or those who always have to threadcrap every single subject - ha!)

Hope this finds you well.

[LilacTree]

On 1/18/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 1/18/2014 Ford1224 said:

On 1/18/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 1/18/2014 Ford1224 said:

OMG, my beloved sister, who smoked for 60 years, had an "ectoptic pregnancy" in her late 30s which was almost fatal!! Of course we never attributed it to smoking. She had three other children and smoked during all of her pregnancies. This was in the sixties.

Hi Ford,

I don't think we can automatically assume it was from smoking, but it does give one pause.

Yes, that's what I mean. We didn't know anything then.

You're right, there was a lot of effort to obfuscate.

And both of my parents smoked. My poor mom died from it at age 49. My father had quit, but used to smoke those little cigars which, IMO, were probably just as bad. We never even smelled the smoke we were so used to it. Practically everyone smoked in those days.

My first husband also smoked, and our children were exposed to that. He didn't stop smoking until it almost killed him too.

I smoked for "effect" when I was 16 and given the "privilege" as a gift for my birthday. Fortunately for me, I never liked it and never got hooked on it. By that time my younger sister had been sneaking smoking since she was 12 and never stopped. Exactly 60 years later, at age 72, it got her, as she always knew it would, but had never any intention of stopping.

[NoelSeven]

On 1/18/2014 chickenbutt said:

Hey Noel! Not surprising, eh? (either thing - the report or those who always have to threadcrap every single subject - ha!)

Hope this finds you well.

Hi CB

Right, no surprise. I'm doing pretty good, I hope you are, also!