Smokers...?

Question

Does the report released today about the dangers of second hand smoke make you feel guilty? Would it make you more likely to quit smoking?

Answer 1

no, I'm breathing pollution from your employers business and you don't do anything about that

Answer 2

Smoking is a nasty habit. I agree. But what pisses me off is that non-smokers think that a smoker need only decide to quit and his addiction is over with. Not so! nicotine addiction is more powerful than heroin addiction. And, guess what? Only 1% of heroin addicts are able to quit! And, that's only after the best intervention known to man.

When I started smoking 51 years ago, cigarettes cost $.17 a pack and every place you looked there were ads for cigarettes.
No! I don't feel guilty about the people who have been conned into believing that second-hand smoke is so dangerous. They're nitwits who believe all the hype the government comes up with.

Here's the problem. The government wants to close down the tobacco industry, but they're afraid to go toe to toe wth their powerful lobbies. So, what do they do? First they restrict smoking in public places. Then, they turn non-smokers against smokers. Just like when there is a shortage of eggs, they say there's too much cholesterol in eggs; or, when there are too many tomatoes, they discover that tomatoes prevent prostate cancer.

And, the nitwits that believe everything the government says, will rush out and stock up on tomatoes. When have you ever heard the government say that methyl bromide kills more people than cigarettes? In fact when have you ever heard the government talk about methyl bromide? Or, the impururities that they cannot screen out of drinking water, the worst of which is female hormones. Or, the lead that pours into the air from all of the vehicles on the road?

Sure, I am always considerate of non-smokers and children when I smoke, but feel guilty--hell no!

There are people who make millions on the futures market every time the government makes one of these pronouncements.

If the government is so good at protecting us, why do you suppose there are 13,000 claims against vioxx? The government outlawed all recreational drugs, but left alcohol and tobacco on the market. They claim that recreational drugs are dangerous, but alcohol, tobacco and prescription drugs kill twice as many people as the so-called controlled substances. And, there has never been an authenticated medical study to prove the danger of recreational drugs.

These are all political/economic decisions and, if you believe any of it, you are as big a nitwit as the government takes you for.

Answer 3

I quit in March after 35 yrs. of puffing on the nasty things. I've wanted to quit desperately for many years. I have smoked outside and never around a non smoker for a lot of years. Yes I feel bad about my past smoking history and hope I didn't contribute to anyone else's health problems. For a long time smoking was acceptable in a way young people today have never experienced. You may have never seen a cigarette commercial or an ashtray in a doctor's office. It was appropriate to smoke anywhere you liked and no one seemed to notice or mind. I was embarrassed to be seen smoking the last several years that I smoked.

Answer 4

It is intended to make people feel guilty. When I used to smoke I would usually try to find a far away place with noone around just out of common courtesy. I think most people try to do the same, but when a report like this comes out the publics attitude shifts so quickly that alot of smokers will be afraid to light up even in their own back yard.

Answer 5

I'm a social smoker and I don't necessarily feel guilty about smoking around other people when I do smoke. I do try to be considerate of people who aren't smoking and I'll ask them if the smoke from the cigarette is bothering them and if they say yes, I either move or put it out. Same goes for children, my biggest "pet peeve" if you will, is smoking around children. I never could stand smoking around children b/c my lungs are already messed up and I not about to mess up theirs. As far as quitting, smokers will quit when they are ready and if they are serious about not going back to it they will never pick one up again, however the temptation will always be there.

Answer 6

My boyfriend's a smoker and I'm not, we're living together.

It doesn't bother me, and I'm not freaked out about the possiblity of secondhand smoke lung cancer. Mostly because the world we live in is so toxic and dangerous, that I'll probably die of something else way before a little secondhand smoke.

What he does is unhealthy, mostly for him. But we all do unhealthy things. I don't know why smokers are always singled out.

Answer 7

No, that's been a propaganda blitz for the last year or so. Does it make you feel guilty about driving a car? Car exhaust puts far more carcinogens and carbon monoxide into the air at a traffic light than a single cigarette can. Do you happen to have a link to that study though?

Answer 8

Part time smoker, I'm picky where I smoke and around who, compared to the shiit that some people do and say to each other, Nope I don't feel anything, but I got empathy issues.

Answer 9

I have never smoked but do feel guilty that I let my kids be around smokers when they were young.

Answer 10

If a person really cares about the danger of second hand smoke they will probaly ask you politely not to smoke around them and you can honor their wishes and smoke outside or somewhere else.

Answer 11

I don't think the smokers would stop quiting even if you tell than they going to die tomorrow. I say that because smoking is addicting.