No. All venues should be smoke free. Take it outside
Yes. Enough about anti-smoking. Give us a break
Don't care, it doesn't affect me.
You've just brought back a bad memory..
Nearly 20years ago, I gave birth to my son at 3am and as everything was fine, I came home at 9am. By midday some of my very close friends turned up to see the baby
We were all chatting, while I was feeding him, when suddenly one of my 'friends' got her cigs out and lit up
I said, "You're not seriously thinking you're going to smoke in my house, with my new baby here, are you???
With that, she apologised but also looked very hurt that I picked her up on it!
I've never got over that to this day!
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"If you're going to do something tonight, that you know you'll be sorry for in the morning, plan a lie in." Lorraine
Come on Prian. How do you think this attitude makes you seem?
When I worked in smoking cessation one of the most pertinent facts I found out was that there is nothing a GP can do that will save more lives than simply asking smokers to quit. And that's as part of a normal consultation for other things, not a special smoking clinic. The success rate for this is miniscule, but it still saves more lives than anything else during the doctor's working day.
With that in mind, Prian, I'm asking you to quit smoking
I'm glad to hear it!
So then, going back to 'the queue' and morals. What if there was children, you didn't know?
Or a pregnant lady. Would you think twice about lighting up?
And do you ever consider things that you can't see..like those who suffer from asthma or emphysema or who maybe going through treatment for cancer?
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"If you're going to do something tonight, that you know you'll be sorry for in the morning, plan a lie in." Lorraine
I quit smoking nearly 4 years ago. The reason I stopped was one day, my Son, who was a toddler, was playing under the table. I asked him what he was doing and he replied '' I'm playing Puff Puff, like you do '' ... I quit the following Weekend.
Loss of lung function is a very common smoking related disease called COPD. It's a sad fact for smokers with COPD is that lung function has to be reduced by 50% before many patients notice any symptoms. By then most of the damage is done and lung function continues to decline - the ONLY thing you can do to slow the decline in lung function is to quit. There are no drugs which reduce the rate of decline, all they can do is help with the breathing and reduce the risk of exacerbations - however, you can always tell when there's a COPD clinic going on because there's more people than usual smoking outside the surgery.
I'm afraid that quoting the health risks of smoking do little to get smokers to quit. As with Rogboy there's often a single trigger that makes them say "now it's time to quit".
I think that Prian shows a lack of respect for his fellow man. Reading between the lines, that probably stems from a lack of self-respect. My advice to Prian is to get professional help.
Go and have your lungs checked out, if your lucky your lungs have not been damaged too much.
My Dad moved back to Ireland and then found out that he only had 20% of his lungs that would work. He start off on Oxygen for 14 hours a day. Over a seven year period he found he was on Oxygen 24/7. It really is a terrible way to live and die.
It is also horrible to see your loved ones declining infront of your eyes due to smoking.
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Age is a question of mind over matter, if you don't mind, it doesn't matter
Leroy (Satchel) Paige (1906-1982)
Mickey Mouse's girlfriend, Minnie, made her film debut, along with Mickey, in "Steamboat Willie" on November 18, 1928.
That date is recognized as her official birthday.
The scary thing is that it's the top 20% of their lung capacity that's left working. You'd think that 20% lung capacity means that you have shallow breathing. If you want to frighten yourself you can simulate what smokers go through when they lose lung capacity. Take a deep breath and fill your lungs until you can't breathe any more. Then breathe out a little bit, letting out the same amount as you would naturally breathe at rest. Now try breathing in and out with your lungs nearly full. It's really tiring and quite scary after a few minutes: smokers with COPD have to live with this - enough to make you quit through fear? Not usually
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