Thanks Shel. I am happy too. It's the best thing that I can do for my health. I feel better. I wish your hub the best in quitting. You can help him quit by not nagging him so much..
Just kidding. Seriously all the best to him.I started when I was 10 and thank you. He was 19 by the time the tobacco industry was made to admit the health risks. I am not sticking up for the guy. My view is that just because he smokes doesn't mean he can't be the president. As I posted earlier there have been many smoking presidents throughout history. I just know from first hand experience that it is not easy to quit.OK. Obama was 9 years old then.
I applaud you.
Thanks Shel. I am happy too. It's the best thing that I can do for my health. I feel better. I wish your hub the best in quitting. You can help him quit by not nagging him so much..
While there are some people that smoke their entire life and don't have any problems they are the exceptions and are rare. Some people do use them as examples to not quit.
I didn't say that smoking meant he couldn't be President. It's just interesting that someone who grew up in an era when he knew the ill effects of smoking, enjoys playing basketball, and who is supposed to be über intelligent since his youth, would get hooked on smoking.
Let's hope that he does quit soon, and avoids the health problems associated with smoking.No not you but others have implied it. I often think about youth smoking everyday when I drop my daughter off at high school. I see the kids smoking right on the school grounds and it drives me crazy. I wrote a letter to the school and have seen less since then so maybe I made a difference. One thing that I thought about was to make the cigarette companies slowly reduce the nicotine in cigarettes to wean everyone off them slowly and then stop production. I know it sounds crazy but they really should do something.I didn't say that smoking meant he couldn't be President. It's just interesting that someone who grew up in an era when he knew the ill effects of smoking, enjoys playing basketball, and who is supposed to be über intelligent since his youth, would get hooked on smoking.
If you did it, he can, too.
I guess we are not all as strong as you are. I have never heard of anyone being addicted to salt. Caffeine while having some addictive qualities is no where near as strong as nicotine in my experience. With cigarettes there is also a psychological addiction that has to be addressed as well.
I didn't say that smoking meant he couldn't be President. It's just interesting that someone who grew up in an era when he knew the ill effects of smoking, enjoys playing basketball, and who is supposed to be über intelligent since his youth, would get hooked on smoking.
If you did it, he can, too.
But some of your tax dollars go towards healthcare for smokers.
Those are two really different situations. Listening to a doctor about your own health isn't really the same as listening to advisors about what's good for the country. A lot of people who care deeply for others tend to neglect themselves, so I don't think his smoking habit is indicative of his practices as president.