| Regi, 6/30/09 10:05:03 AM (#42_2) | Sorry I did not respond earlier. Here are a couple of things: For example in a 1999 study ( http://speakeasyforum.com/eve/ fo...6281#7961046281 ) of German aluminum industry workers, among the potroom workers (this is the most exposed group to the toxic aluminum dusts and vapors), the smokers had sixfold reduction in respiratory problems compared to never-smokers, and the (emphysema like) lung damage was observed only in non-smokers (never-smokers and ex-smokers). The smoking animals, even under the terrible smoking conditions contrived to maximize harm, not only do not get prematurtely killed by lung cancers, emphysemas, heart attacks,... but they live 20 percent longer than non-smoking animals, stay 20 percent thinner, remain more youthful and do better on cognitive tests,... " Regi |
| anon of ibid, 6/26/09 12:58:04 PM (#42_1) | Reg, I missed the parts about lung cancer and emphysema? I'm also not too sure about the logic here: "Tobacco is used because people enjoy it. They would not use it if they didn't, and doing something you enjoy is good for you." But then, I wouldn't really have a problem with an open market for opiates, either. So I'll stay focused on the "freedom-to-act" aspect, and ignore the rationalizations - and the fascists' arguments for saving my soul. |