You know that obesity in America is counted as a greater health risk versus a lifetime of smoking, I presume. ========================= Wrong. The reason obesity is surpassing smoking as a health risk is because less people are smoking. Furthermore, your being fat and standing next to me has no effect on my health....your smoking next to me does.
I quit a 25 year smoking habit....and don't miss it. I have mild COPD to show for it. I'm now in medical school (late bloomer)....and in almost every disease process I've studied in the last 2 years, smoking is a risk factor. I can understand enjoying smoking.....I did while I smoked.....but it is terrible for your health. Even worse are the obese smokers. Better to eat healthy, not smoke, and avoid both unhealthy lifestyles. Trust me.....you don't want COPD. On Mar 28, 4:23 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > I enjoy smoking- why should I give up a pleasure? I am giving up > lunching with Liberals as a trade-off. :-) You know that obesity in > America is counted as a greater health risk versus a lifetime of > smoking, I presume. > > On Mar 27, 11:32 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Rigs: In Dec I paid $22.10 a carton. Jan mfgr price increase $.2.40 a > > carton. March 1 Ark tax increaase $5.60 a carton. April 1 Fed tax increase > > $6.10 per carton. Price April 2 = $36.20 a 58% increase. I now pay appx > > 70% of price in taxes. > > BS. I Quit. Annual savings in taxes alone is about $2000.00. > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 4:10 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Smoking may become a patriot's duty, d.b.! :-) Last carton was $54. > > > When I said I might start growing tobacco the man behind me said > > > you'll sooner get marijuana.// Why not redesign the head gasket- > > > whatever that is- I grow faint when open the hood of my car. I often > > > wished you could repair a car with a sewing machine or needle and > > > thread.// I have a large back yard- the last one in the neighborhood- > > > and have thought of lambs, geese and chickens but would be breaking > > > city codes although the desecration of breathing space and privacy > > > around homes doesn't qualify as injurious. But they are. > > > > On Mar 27, 1:04 am, "d.b.baker" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Obama is simply the icing on the Marxist cake. The takeover has been > > > > underway for decades. > > > > > It's the "little" things, like Chicago charging 16 quarters for an > > > > hour of parking. Or that new red-light camera around the corner, you > > > > know, the one where the yellow changes in 1.5 seconds. Neat, huh. Or > > > > forcing corn oil into your gas tank, blowing the head gasket. > > > > > Little things, like Eminent Domain, so the local apparatchik can seize > > > > you property. I'm afraid to even mention all the wrongfully convicted > > > > sitting on death row - the precipitous rise of the "Nancy Graces." Or > > > > little Johnny forced into a dangerous school. And the tax on > > > > productivity, the regulations meant to bankrupt business, individuals, > > > > and anyone else not beholden. > > > > > How 'bout importing terrorists by the boat load. And the illiterate, > > > > the "less" militant non-assimilaters. Nervous? Well don't take up > > > > cigarettes, they're nearing 10-dollars a pack. My neighbor Sam has > > > > taken up tobacco farming. On the other side, Mrs. Rose is planting > > > > squash. And potatoes. And Sunday she's going fishing - taking a taxi, > > > > too, she doesn't want to get caught in another roadside, police > > > > shakedown. > > > > > While the young are all a Twitter. Tweeting their way down the dead- > > > > end road. > > > -- > > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
