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And it causes wrinkles.

In ,
Martha Gallagher stated
| Oh, and you're more likely to get periodontal disease and have more
| trouble getting rid of it. If you want to maximize your likelihood of
| keeping all your teeth, smoking is not the way to go.
|
| Martha
|
|

Not too mention it smells gross.


"FOB" wrote in message
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And it causes wrinkles.

In ,
Martha Gallagher stated
| Oh, and you're more likely to get periodontal disease and have more
| trouble getting rid of it. If you want to maximize your likelihood of
| keeping all your teeth, smoking is not the way to go.
|
| Martha
|
|

Not to mention the extra risk of starting a fire!!!


Luna wrote:

There are even more drawbacks. I spend money on cigarettes that I could be
saving for my future or spending on concerts, plays, books, or other things
that could enlighten or educate me. I get minor illnesses like colds more
readily. Occasionally I drop a cigarette and get a burn hole in my
clothing. My complexion is duller and my pores are more clogged.

In article ,
"FOB" wrote:


Smoking has other drawbacks in addition to the health risks. Smokers smell
terrible to non-smokers so if you are looking for a significant other you
will be limiting the pool of potential candidates. There are a lot of
places where smoking is prohibited so you may find yourself standing in the
cold and rain in order to get your fix. If you have children you may be
exposing them to health risks from second hand smoke--it's one thing to risk
your own health, another to put your children at risk.

In ,
Ada Ma stated
|
| Using the set up from my previous post, let's say person A really
| enjoy smoking
| and would gladly keep on smoking if he knows that the risk is 30%,
| which is the
| real risk. However, he gave up smoking because his perception of the
| risk is
| 20% too high compared to the real risk. In this case he gave up
| something that
| he really enjoy for something that is less than what he think he's
| bargained for.
|
| May be smoking is an example that is hard to bend one's head around
| the idea
| because of all the health education that has been drilled into our
| minds. Let's
| take the example of vegetables. We all know that it's good for us
| but does our
| perception of the healthfulness of vegetables conincide with reality?
| If our
| perception about the healthfulness of vegetables conincide with
| reality, then
| assuming that we're sensible human beings, we would eat enough of it
| to generate
| the best health results. However it's possible that a large number
| of us
| underestimate the healthfulness of vegetables and do not eat enough
| of it. In
| this case some might argue that the government should jump in and
| advertise
| about the goodness of eating more veg or may be even subsidise veg.

Not to mention the extra risk of starting a fire!!!


Luna wrote:

There are even more drawbacks. I spend money on cigarettes that I could be
saving for my future or spending on concerts, plays, books, or other things
that could enlighten or educate me. I get minor illnesses like colds more
readily. Occasionally I drop a cigarette and get a burn hole in my
clothing. My complexion is duller and my pores are more clogged.

In article ,
"FOB" wrote:


Smoking has other drawbacks in addition to the health risks. Smokers smell
terrible to non-smokers so if you are looking for a significant other you
will be limiting the pool of potential candidates. There are a lot of
places where smoking is prohibited so you may find yourself standing in the
cold and rain in order to get your fix. If you have children you may be
exposing them to health risks from second hand smoke--it's one thing to risk
your own health, another to put your children at risk.

In ,
Ada Ma stated
|
| Using the set up from my previous post, let's say person A really
| enjoy smoking
| and would gladly keep on smoking if he knows that the risk is 30%,
| which is the
| real risk. However, he gave up smoking because his perception of the
| risk is
| 20% too high compared to the real risk. In this case he gave up
| something that
| he really enjoy for something that is less than what he think he's
| bargained for.
|
| May be smoking is an example that is hard to bend one's head around
| the idea
| because of all the health education that has been drilled into our
| minds. Let's
| take the example of vegetables. We all know that it's good for us
| but does our
| perception of the healthfulness of vegetables conincide with reality?
| If our
| perception about the healthfulness of vegetables conincide with
| reality, then
| assuming that we're sensible human beings, we would eat enough of it
| to generate
| the best health results. However it's possible that a large number
| of us
| underestimate the healthfulness of vegetables and do not eat enough
| of it. In
| this case some might argue that the government should jump in and
| advertise
| about the goodness of eating more veg or may be even subsidise veg.

I didn't pick up smoking as a habit because once I smoked 2 cigarettes in a row
and I REALLY inhaled it. For reasons unknown to jupitarians or martians, it
occurred to me to be a good thing to do after completing all my end of second
year exams in college. After the 2 ciggies I felt so sick that I had to lay in
bed for a whole afternoon thinking that I was going to die. My dad said that
the reason why I felt so sick was that not just that I was overdosed with
nicotine, my brain was badly deprived of oxygen.

I haven't smoked anything ever since.


FOB wrote:

The cost is why I never started smoking. I have always loved clothes and
would rather spend money on them instead of cigarettes. I went to college
for a year after high school and saw the smokers scrounging for butts to get
their fix. That really turned me off to smoking, I never wanted to be that
much a slave to a habit. My parents both smoked and told me if I wanted to
smoke I should do it at home. That probably helped, too, as it didn't have
the forbidden fruit allure. I am so glad I never started.

In ,
Luna stated
| There are even more drawbacks. I spend money on cigarettes that I
| could be saving for my future or spending on concerts, plays, books,
| or other things that could enlighten or educate me. I get minor
| illnesses like colds more readily. Occasionally I drop a cigarette
| and get a burn hole in my clothing. My complexion is duller and my
| pores are more clogged.
|

And then you'll have to spend even more money to buy expensive face cream to
iron out the wrinkles.

FOB wrote:

And it causes wrinkles.

In ,
Martha Gallagher stated
| Oh, and you're more likely to get periodontal disease and have more
| trouble getting rid of it. If you want to maximize your likelihood of
| keeping all your teeth, smoking is not the way to go.
|
| Martha
|
|

And then you'll have to spend even more money to buy expensive face cream to
iron out the wrinkles.

FOB wrote:

And it causes wrinkles.

In ,
Martha Gallagher stated
| Oh, and you're more likely to get periodontal disease and have more
| trouble getting rid of it. If you want to maximize your likelihood of
| keeping all your teeth, smoking is not the way to go.
|
| Martha
|
|