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Thread ID: 115087 2011-01-01 03:51:00 Shunning the pariah tag pctek (84) PC World Chat
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1166256 2011-01-02 23:22:00 The bottom line is, that as long as it’s legal you should be able do as you like without other people trying to impose their views upon you.

Smoking tobacco is perfectly legal, and there has been plenty of debate on the pro’s and cons, so as far as I’m concerned it’s your choice.

I don’t smoke, but have no intention imposing my views upon those who do, and equally I don’t expect them to try and impose their views upon me. :) 		B.M. (505)
1166257 2011-01-02 23:44:00 OK, read some of the posts, skipped quite a few...

Me, smoked for 15ish years, gave up 6 years ago. My partner still smokes
As for smell, I find the smell of my hands after fishing more abhorrent than I do my partners breath after she's had a smoke.. yet I continue fishing.

For the health, yes my partner knows she would be better off without cigarettes. Personally tho, I know the kid and I survive better while she IS smoking. Lesser of 2 evils I guess :D

But in the end, its a smokers choice. Who am I to force their hand

I'd rather see the drinking attitude of kiwis change before I see them all smoke-free (especially the teens) 		Myth (110)
1166258 2011-01-03 03:09:00 My old man smoked himself blind (macular degeneration), and still continued to smoke . However, once he'd had a stroke he completely forgot he had any desire for the cigs .

Not intended in a nasty way but Yeah I expect brain damage does change the way you think .

Macular degeneration .
Cause

* Aging:

* Family history:

* Macular degeneration gene:

o Mutation of the ATP synthase gene:

* Stargardt's disease

* Arg80Gly variant of the complement protein C3

* Hypertension: .

* Cardiovascular status .

* High fat intake is associated with an increased risk of macular degeneration in both women and men .

* Oxidative stress: It has been proposed that age-related accumulation of low-molecular-weight, phototoxic, pro-oxidant melanin oligomers within lysosomes in the retinal pigment epithelium may be partly responsible

* Fibulin-5 mutation Rare forms of the disease are caused by geneic defects in fibulin-5, in an autosomal dominant manner .

* Race Macular degeneration is more likely to be found in Caucasians than in people of African descent .

* Exposure to sunlight especially blue light . 		pctek (84)
1166259 2011-01-03 03:25:00 It also has to be remembered that when some took up smoking in the late '50s as I did we knew nothing about the possible dangers thereof.

Back then one pkt of 20 cigarettes cost two shillings = 20cents = 1 cent each retail.
In my case my father worked as a fitter & turner for WD & HO Wills and we got free ones which were not for resale and they were not wrapped in cellophane.

50 years later one pkt 30 cigarettes bought today cost $18.00 = 60 cents each.

So I was exposed to second hand smoke for some time before I took it up and should be dead by now according to some.

Why am I not yet dead? 		Snorkbox (15764)
1166260 2011-01-03 03:38:00 It also has to be remembered that when some took up smoking in the late '50s as I did we knew nothing about the possible dangers thereof.

Back then one pkt of 20 cigarettes cost two shillings = 20cents = 1 cent each retail.
In my case my father worked as a fitter & turner for WD & HO Wills and we got free ones which were not for resale and they were not wrapped in cellophane.

50 years later one pkt 30 cigarettes bought today cost $18.00 = 60 cents each.

So I was exposed to second hand smoke for some time before I took it up and should be dead by now according to some.

Why am I not yet dead?

You may not be physically dead lol 		prefect (6291)
1166261 2011-01-03 03:43:00 You may not be physically dead lol

So what are you trying to infer? 		Snorkbox (15764)
1166262 2011-01-03 03:46:00 So what are you trying to infer?

You're an evil zombie.

Actually, I was thinking along the same lines, are you the undead form of the one formerly known as Sweep? 		Cato (6936)
1166263 2011-01-03 04:02:00 Call it a reincarnation perhaps. Snorkbox (15764)
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