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Thread ID: 115212	2011-01-07 08:22:00	Fantastic news	somebody (208)	PC World Chat

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1167996	2011-01-07 08:22:00	www.stuff.co.nz Great to see more people making an effort to quit smoking. It'll do their health, and their wallets a lot of good, not to mention making the streets more pleasant for the rest of us.	somebody (208)
1167997	2011-01-07 10:12:00	Just read the warning on the latest packet of ciggies I bought today. It says "smoking causes blindness". So I have to ask why, when I am now 68 years old, I can still pass the eyesight test for my drivers licence without corrective lenses like glasses or contacts? Therefore I put these warnings in a similar category to global warming and the world ending this year. People should be happy I'm still smoking at my age. I should be dead and not receiving Super.	Snorkbox (15764)
1167998	2011-01-07 10:16:00	Anything that sells well is taxed to death. Look at petrol. Having a hard time not going back to 'em TBH. I'll admit my life is better without them, but god damn... just.... damn...	ubergeek85 (131)
1167999	2011-01-07 10:19:00	Anything that sells well is taxed to death. Look at petrol. Having a hard time not going back to 'em TBH. I'll admit my life is better without them, but god damn... just.... damn... Take up P, Heroin or Weed. They don't attract tax.	Snorkbox (15764)
1168000	2011-01-07 10:20:00	P? Too intense. Heroin? Too much work. Weed? Too hippie. I prefer cocaine.	ubergeek85 (131)
1168001	2011-01-07 10:23:00	But NO TAX on cocaine either. That HAS to be a plus. :)	Snorkbox (15764)
1168002	2011-01-07 10:27:00	Well it's so damn expensive that if it was legal prices would drop like rocks. I'd sooner it was taxed & legal lol.	ubergeek85 (131)
1168003	2011-01-07 11:29:00	My point is that expense does not stop people using same and therefore raising tax on legal stuff like ciggies or alcohol could cause the rate of burglaries and/or theft to rise. Perhaps the likes of the ASH group could give the Govt about a billion a year to replace the taxes smokers donate then? While we are the job we might raise taxes on fast food.	Snorkbox (15764)
1168004	2011-01-07 17:30:00	My point is that expense does not stop people using same and therefore raising tax on legal stuff like ciggies or alcohol could cause the rate of burglaries and/or theft to rise. Perhaps the likes of the ASH group could give the Govt about a billion a year to replace the taxes smokers donate then? While we are the job we might raise taxes on fast food. I gave up after 55 years, don't miss them at all, you have to ask yourself, why ingest poison. Unles of course you think it is good for you.	Cicero (40)
1168005	2011-01-07 19:31:00	Just read the warning on the latest packet of ciggies I bought today. It says "smoking causes blindness". So I have to ask why, when I am now 68 years old, I can still pass the eyesight test for my drivers licence without corrective lenses like glasses or contacts? Therefore I put these warnings in a similar category to global warming and the world ending this year. People should be happy I'm still smoking at my age. I should be dead and not receiving Super. Well, you're comparing a focus issue (plain old optics) with a physiological function issue. Smoking won't create a need for glasses, it'll just destroy your retina. Nearest simple analogy is to imagine a roll of photographic film with a dozen holes punched into and around the centre of the film. Point your camera at the object of interest, take a photo, and the image you get is missing the central point of interest - all you get is scattered fragments of the central item. It leaves you unable to read, unable to drive, unable to use computers. The radio becomes your entertainment. Macular degeneration (from smoking) will likely hit you in your mid 60's or older. It will destroy (at a cellular level) the pathways that are used to ferry metabolites in and out of the retina, resulting in it essentially becoming poisoned by it's own waste products. Wet MD can go very very quickly, from seeing well one month, to unable to read or drive only 2 months later. Treatment is quite limited - you'll still be in the poo even with treatment. Treatment involves an anti-cancer drug being injected directly into the centre of the eye, at a cost of over $1000 per shot, per eye, repeated every one or two months. This may keep you functioning for another 2 or 3 years, but the deterioration is still gonna catch up with you. Saved enough for $20,000 or so per year to keep your peepers working into retirement? As I mentioned in another post recently, my dad smoked himself blind, and became a real sad-sack as a result. Smoking increases the likelihood of macular degeneration by 60% or more. We can't detect it until the damage has already begun. It's a great way to f-up your retirement.	Paul.Cov (425)
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