Smoking is just bad and there should be no doubt about it. Most people who smoke will likely die because of the cardiovascular damage it causes, if they smoke for their entire life. I will tell you though it's danger especially related to lung cancer is greatly exaggerated. If you smoked for 10 years and quit, your increase chance of getting lung cancer, which is 1%, goes to 0% increase. And if anyone tells you second hand smoke is anything but a marketing blitz is a liar. The only concession I would give on second hand smoke is in instance where Flo worked as a waitress in a smoky bar for over 30 years. Then maybe it had an effect.
Tell that to my allergies. Second hand smoke from cigarettes and cigars irritate my sinuses like no other. Spring and fall pollens aren't close and if I don't control those, I get bacterial sinus infection along with bronchitis and a high chance of other infections like cold, flu, and pneumonia.
Who talks to allergies? I was just saying second hand smoke isn't this end of the world killer the commercials want you to believe. I wasn't saying it isn't annoying. I certainly don't want to sit in a bar full of smoke. I grew up in a household of smokers, I love my clean house air like you wouldn't believe.
Smoking is just bad and there should be no doubt about it. Most people who smoke will likely die because of the cardiovascular damage it causes, if they smoke for their entire life. I will tell you though it's danger especially related to lung cancer is greatly exaggerated. If you smoked for 10 years and quit, your increase chance of getting lung cancer, which is 1%, goes to 0% increase. And if anyone tells you second hand smoke is anything but a marketing blitz is a liar. The only concession I would give on second hand smoke is in instance where Flo worked as a waitress in a smoky bar for over 30 years. Then maybe it had an effect.
Tell that to my allergies. Second hand smoke from cigarettes and cigars irritate my sinuses like no other. Spring and fall pollens aren't close and if I don't control those, I get bacterial sinus infection along with bronchitis and a high chance of other infections like cold, flu, and pneumonia.
I avoid that stuff like the plague.
Who talks to allergies? I was just saying second hand smoke isn't this end of the world killer the commercials want you to believe. I wasn't saying it isn't annoying. I certainly don't want to sit in a bar full of smoke. I grew up in a household of smokers, I love my clean house air like you wouldn't believe.
It's a turn of phrase.