does everyone regret smoking
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Those hard a$$s that say they don't regret smoking. Come talk to me later when a doctor tells you that the reason you have lung cancer was most probably caused by smoking. Then tell me you don't regret it........... 
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Originally Posted by s2000raj,Jun 29 2007, 10:31 AM
obesity is a very serious disease and affects more people than tobacco.
Fat from someone eating a big mac will not find it's way in my body (there's no second hand eating).
A big mac a few times a week will not cause a thyroid malfunction.
But I agree with you to an extent, people have horrible diets... and like I said about never dating a smoker, it goes the same for someone severely overweight... not for the fact they are overweight, but for the reason I try to take care of my body, it's one of my values, and compatible people are likely to share many of the same values. It's what's important to ME in a significant other (but I feel my friends should live life any way they please - it's all about being happy and fulfilled), I don't expect everyone to agree with me....
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OK, maybe I did interpret the original comment too literally. It just seemed to me like someone tried to make a statement of fact which was simply not accurate. The way I was raised, when you try to state a fact but have no idea what you're talking about, you're ignorant.
But I'll let that one go. My bad. No offense intended.
As for the food comparison, I would dispute claims that you can't be addicted to fast food. Sure, it's not necessarily a physical addiction on the order of heroin or cigarettes, but it's just as psychologically addictive. A bad habit is a bad habit. People whine about how smoking depicted in movies should be outlawed because it sends a bad message... what about people that live on McDonald's? You can't show someone smoking on a prime-time network TV show, but it's just fine to show someone chowing down on the triple-decker heart attack delight from Wendy's.
I find it more than a little disturbing that our government limits the sale of tobacco products to people 18 or older, yet the way fast food targets children makes Joe Camel look like the new mascot for AARP. I see tons of people basically raising their kids from the earliest ages on pure crap. But yet, there are no Shrek-themed cigarette cartons... Can't market cigs to kids... but you can beat 'em over the head with encouragement to eat nutritionally vacant "food" filled with hydrogenated fat or high fructose corn syrup.
Don't get me wrong, I like a cheeseburger and a bag of Twizzlers as much as I like cigarettes... but I don't want my kids to be encouraged to try either until they're old enough to choose for themselves. I don't need the media machine tempting them to embark on a sure-fire path to heart disease or diabetes or any of the many other nasty things scientifically associated with junk food.
So watch how many of those double-stacks you eat. Pretty soon (2-3 years later) you need one right after you wake up.
But I'll let that one go. My bad. No offense intended.
As for the food comparison, I would dispute claims that you can't be addicted to fast food. Sure, it's not necessarily a physical addiction on the order of heroin or cigarettes, but it's just as psychologically addictive. A bad habit is a bad habit. People whine about how smoking depicted in movies should be outlawed because it sends a bad message... what about people that live on McDonald's? You can't show someone smoking on a prime-time network TV show, but it's just fine to show someone chowing down on the triple-decker heart attack delight from Wendy's.
I find it more than a little disturbing that our government limits the sale of tobacco products to people 18 or older, yet the way fast food targets children makes Joe Camel look like the new mascot for AARP. I see tons of people basically raising their kids from the earliest ages on pure crap. But yet, there are no Shrek-themed cigarette cartons... Can't market cigs to kids... but you can beat 'em over the head with encouragement to eat nutritionally vacant "food" filled with hydrogenated fat or high fructose corn syrup.
Don't get me wrong, I like a cheeseburger and a bag of Twizzlers as much as I like cigarettes... but I don't want my kids to be encouraged to try either until they're old enough to choose for themselves. I don't need the media machine tempting them to embark on a sure-fire path to heart disease or diabetes or any of the many other nasty things scientifically associated with junk food.
So watch how many of those double-stacks you eat. Pretty soon (2-3 years later) you need one right after you wake up.
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Originally Posted by Hootsama,Jun 29 2007, 11:49 AM
OK, maybe I did interpret the original comment too literally. It just seemed to me like someone tried to make a statement of fact which was simply not accurate. The way I was raised, when you try to state a fact but have no idea what you're talking about, you're ignorant.
But I'll let that one go. My bad. No offense intended.
As for the food comparison, I would dispute claims that you can't be addicted to fast food. Sure, it's not necessarily a physical addiction on the order of heroin or cigarettes, but it's just as psychologically addictive. A bad habit is a bad habit. People whine about how smoking depicted in movies should be outlawed because it sends a bad message... what about people that live on McDonald's? You can't show someone smoking on a prime-time network TV show, but it's just fine to show someone chowing down on the triple-decker heart attack delight from Wendy's.
I find it more than a little disturbing that our government limits the sale of tobacco products to people 18 or older, yet the way fast food targets children makes Joe Camel look like the new mascot for AARP. I see tons of people basically raising their kids from the earliest ages on pure crap. But yet, there are no Shrek-themed cigarette cartons... Can't market cigs to kids... but you can beat 'em over the head with encouragement to eat nutritionally vacant filled with hydrogenated fat or high fructose corn syrup.
Don't get me wrong, I like a cheeseburger and a bag of Twizzlers as much as I like cigarettes... but I don't want my kids to be encouraged to try either until they're old enough to choose for themselves. I don't need the media machine tempting them to embark on a sure-fire path to heart disease or diabetes or any of the many other nasty things scientifically associated with junk food.
So watch how many of those double-stacks you eat. Pretty soon (2-3 years later) you need one right after you wake up.
But I'll let that one go. My bad. No offense intended.
As for the food comparison, I would dispute claims that you can't be addicted to fast food. Sure, it's not necessarily a physical addiction on the order of heroin or cigarettes, but it's just as psychologically addictive. A bad habit is a bad habit. People whine about how smoking depicted in movies should be outlawed because it sends a bad message... what about people that live on McDonald's? You can't show someone smoking on a prime-time network TV show, but it's just fine to show someone chowing down on the triple-decker heart attack delight from Wendy's.
I find it more than a little disturbing that our government limits the sale of tobacco products to people 18 or older, yet the way fast food targets children makes Joe Camel look like the new mascot for AARP. I see tons of people basically raising their kids from the earliest ages on pure crap. But yet, there are no Shrek-themed cigarette cartons... Can't market cigs to kids... but you can beat 'em over the head with encouragement to eat nutritionally vacant filled with hydrogenated fat or high fructose corn syrup.
Don't get me wrong, I like a cheeseburger and a bag of Twizzlers as much as I like cigarettes... but I don't want my kids to be encouraged to try either until they're old enough to choose for themselves. I don't need the media machine tempting them to embark on a sure-fire path to heart disease or diabetes or any of the many other nasty things scientifically associated with junk food.
So watch how many of those double-stacks you eat. Pretty soon (2-3 years later) you need one right after you wake up.
and its not appealing at all to show people eating double stacks on tv although its legal. fat people and their 'habits' are looked down upon in our society despite the fact that theres so many of them.
its much 'cooler' to be caught smoking than eating triple whopper. its not so bad, it goes both ways
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Originally Posted by prodigy3006,Jun 29 2007, 03:53 PM
and its not appealing at all to show people eating double stacks on tv
The Hardee's commercials with the blond chick eating a thickburger are appealing. 
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From: Durham
I don't regret smoking weed my first two years of college... good times... wasn't hard to break that habit though. Haven't smoked weed in almost three years now. Black and Mild's are killing me. I only smoke one about every three days. It would be so easy to quit, but I need a little bit more will power I guess.
I never... ever would smoke a black in front of someone. I can control my urges until I get home... even that... I do it outside because I dont' want my place smelling like it. In the end, it's not worth it at all... just a bad habit I will break sooner or later.
I never... ever would smoke a black in front of someone. I can control my urges until I get home... even that... I do it outside because I dont' want my place smelling like it. In the end, it's not worth it at all... just a bad habit I will break sooner or later.
