Smoking Cigarettes - Page 2

shoppersince1989 · ‎02-05-2011

I have a magnet that says,

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

software · ‎06-08-2016

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

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

@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.

lucymo · ‎12-13-2010

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.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@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?????????????????

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@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.

Starpolisher · ‎03-10-2010

@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

"Kindness is like snow ~It beautifies everything it covers"
-Kahlil Gibran

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

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.

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@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?

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@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"?