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Originally Posted by potatobroth
For all the bitching I see about the bans etc, I always wonder just why it isn't sinking in that maybe, just maybe smoking it bad for 'you' and that it might be prudent to finally quit? A friend of mine just quit 'for the baby' and I asked him, "so, you weren't worthy enough? had to wait for the baby did ya?"
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I don't think it's a question of it "sinking in" that smoking's bad for you. Frankly, anyone who doesn't know it's bad for you in this day and age has bigger problems than the health risks of smoking pose.
The real question is what's with the glaring hypocrisy? As I wondered earlier, how many of the people on an anti-smoking crusade are obese? Just can't seem to put down that triple bacon cheeseburger and fries, hm? Not sinking in that your extra-grande sausage and cheese breakfast quesadilla might be a smidge harsh on the old cholesterol levels? Or how about the people I'm sure we all know who just aren't capable of being decent human beings until they've had their personal pot of coffee to drink every single morning? It takes that healthy bucket of caffeine to really get you off the ground, yeah?
The point here is that there are many, many things out there that are just as bad or worse for people's health than smoking, and virtually everyone regularly partakes in at least one or more of them despite knowing the risks involved. To hold smokers to so much of a higher standard than every other bad-habitted (I just made that word up) person out there is hypocritical, plain and simple.
Just something to think about next time you're drunk, or in the sun for more than 10 minutes without sunscreen, or eating fried chicken, or driving while sleepy, or sky-diving, or taking a shortcut through a bad neighborhood.....