GraemeL wrote:I was a heavy smoker for30 years, I haven't smoked for approx 12 months.
Why is there this hooha about smokers? Apparently smoking causes just about every disease known to man, if you are dumb enough to believe everything governments tell you.
Do you whinge and bitch about petrol/diesel fumes and demand that every car/truck/bus /train etc be banned and anything else that uses these fuels. No why not?
Why don't you whinge and bitch about industry? No why not? The air you breath every second of your life is killing you. Think about the chemicals that are being released into the air every second that YOU breathe.
Do you whinge and bitch about all the chemicals that are sprayed/injected into and onto your meat and vegetables, to make them bigger better and tastier. No why not?
Why Not, because you will never win, so it's easier for the hypocritical as**oles to blame the smoker for the end of the world.
Oh and don't get me started about idiots that drink alcohol and how much misery, death, damage etc that causes and costs society.
Graeme
Lol? That's almost incorrect enough to be a great trol...
Smoking causing disease isn't some government conspiracy

It's medically documented proof based upon more than just a few (million...) cases... Aside from the direct diseases that stem from smoking, there are S***LOADS of conditions to which smoking can be a contributing factor, or at least drastically increase someone's likelihood of developing such conditions. I don't understand why in our current day and age anyone would ever need to point this out though...
People constantly bitch and moan about pollution from vehicles and industry - almost certainly more than they do about smoking. Where the hell do you think hybrid cars and solar power come from? Carbon taxes aren't just for shits and giggles... Cars and industry are a little more necessary in society than cigarettes are however
I'm not too sure about chemicals in food from other peoples perspectives, but I sure as hell watch what I eat for exactly that reason. I'm almost willing to bet the majority of healthy, active people (such as on a cycling forum) do the same. I look closely at what's in any product I buy for the first time - also, have you heard of ORGANIC FOODS... They aren't just an idea...
Your right on the money about alcohol. But hey, if people are stupid enough to abuse a poisonous substance that's their fault. As far as I'm concerned, people with a skerrick of self preservation might realise hangovers feel like crap for a reason and exercise decent judgement.
My favourite bit is
"The air you breath every second of your life is killing you." Perhaps if you live inside a roll of asbestos fibres...
You believe this, yet you think that smoking causing a metric tonne of diseases is some govt led lie?...
All in all, I'm up for legalising every drug known to man - It's not going to make me any less healthy. Be a good population capper too. Smoking where it effects no-one is totally fine, I think everyone has a right do do whatever the hell they want - so long as it doesn't impeded on anyone else's lives. Smoking where others are subjected to it and perhaps don't want to be is in the same boat as an obese man running nude through the CBD - although the latter could at least be amusing.