WHO: 1 Billion killed from Tobacco by 2100

[boonedoggle]

My doc says my feet are going to rot off because of my cigar consumption. He is wise.

[Thillium]

Originally Posted by tzaddi

Who wants seeds?

you got some??

[tzaddi]

Originally Posted by Thillium

you got some??

Always, how many acres do you want to plant? Send along you address in a PM and when I get back home next week I will mail you out some. (gratis)

[Thillium]

Originally Posted by tzaddi

Always, how many acres do you want to plant? Send along you address in a PM and when I get back home next week I will mail you out some. (gratis)

Well I've only been thinking about it . I don't think my parents would be to dead set on the idea but I bet I could plug those suckers in the woods But I don't know if they stand a chance with the North Easterner climate

[GrtndpwrflOZ]

SOILENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!


ok so it's dead people who used tobacco but it's still people

Originally Posted by SmokeyJoe

Amazing... just read an article that stated that by the year 2015, the number of people over the age of 85 in the United States will rise an astonishing 73%.

How can they have it both ways? We are living to be 100, but tobacco is killing us all? Rampant nannyism and socialist arrogance. My

[SteveDMatt]

Originally Posted by SmokeyJoe

Amazing... just read an article that stated that by the year 2015, the number of people over the age of 85 in the United States will rise an astonishing 73%.

How can they have it both ways? We are living to be 100, but tobacco is killing us all? Rampant nannyism and socialist arrogance. My

Any chance you have a link. This statistic sounds impossible. That's only 7 years away and the % of people over the age of 78 right now is no where close to 73%.

Did they mean that 73% of people will live to at least 85?

[WooleyBugger]

Originally Posted by mdtaggart

The W.H.O. should be fighting disease and starvation in poor countries.

Like lung cancer?

Attacking those that are fighting the growing use of cigarettes makes us look like we're denying the ill effects of tobacco (meaning cigarettes) use. It damages our credibility.

Whenever the WHO or anybody else gets on their anti-tobacco bandwagon they are referring to cigarettes. We all know cigarettes are addictive and deadly. We, as cigar smokers, also know that smoking cigars is not addictive or deadly when used in moderation. The smart thing for us to do would be to educate the public on the differences between cigarettes and cigars and distance ourselves from cigarettes as much as possible. As long as we are lumped in with cigarettes we are doomed.

[gnukfu]

Originally Posted by mdtaggart

I use to crank it up loud on my eight track tape player.

Then halfway through the song the player ate the tape. I remember those days.

[Syekick]

As a baby boomer, I wish they would just go ahead and do the right thing. Give us free tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and crotch rocket motorcycles. That would get the majority of us eliminated from social insecurity really quick!

[Deucer]

Originally Posted by WooleyBugger

Like lung cancer?

Attacking those that are fighting the growing use of cigarettes makes us look like we're denying the ill effects of tobacco (meaning cigarettes) use. It damages our credibility.

Whenever the WHO or anybody else gets on their anti-tobacco bandwagon they are referring to cigarettes. We all know cigarettes are addictive and deadly. We, as cigar smokers, also know that smoking cigars is not addictive or deadly when used in moderation. The smart thing for us to do would be to educate the public on the differences between cigarettes and cigars and distance ourselves from cigarettes as much as possible. As long as we are lumped in with cigarettes we are doomed.

I think the problem with trying to educate people about the differences you describe is that non smokers don't care about smokers (cigarette or cigar or whatever) dying. They care about getting rid of tobacco smoke, which they find annoying, and will simply use this information to that end regardless whether it actually makes sense with regard to cigars.

[kjjm4]

I personally find it offensive that the anti smoking crowd thinks I'm unwillingly and unwittingly a victim of evil tobacco corporations. I enjoy smoking cigars every now and then, even though I know it might be bad for my health, and if they don't like it, too damn bad.

[dennis569]

Originally Posted by WooleyBugger

Like lung cancer?

Attacking those that are fighting the growing use of cigarettes makes us look like we're denying the ill effects of tobacco (meaning cigarettes) use. It damages our credibility.

Whenever the WHO or anybody else gets on their anti-tobacco bandwagon they are referring to cigarettes. We all know cigarettes are addictive and deadly. We, as cigar smokers, also know that smoking cigars is not addictive or deadly when used in moderation. The smart thing for us to do would be to educate the public on the differences between cigarettes and cigars and distance ourselves from cigarettes as much as possible. As long as we are lumped in with cigarettes we are doomed.

life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness
damn that pesky constitution!

[c2000]

Originally Posted by Deucer

I think the problem with trying to educate people about the differences you describe is that non smokers don't care about smokers (cigarette or cigar or whatever) dying. They care about getting rid of tobacco smoke, which they find annoying, and will simply use this information to that end regardless whether it actually makes sense with regard to cigars.

Right on,,..

Jerry in Minnesota

[rottenzombie]

Originally Posted by Syekick

As a baby boomer, I wish they would just go ahead and do the right thing. Give us free tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and crotch rocket motorcycles. That would get the majority of us eliminated from social insecurity really quick!

Good Idea LOL

[chippewastud79]

I'll bet the number from obesity hits 1 billion way before 2100.
I am double screwed, fat and likes cigars, Dammit.