2007-01-16 08:20:10 · 10 answers · asked by meloroc 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Not a classic suicide, in that the smoker does not INTEND to kill himself.
But yes everyone knows the risks of smoking, and that it can kill.
Sometimes they call drinking too much over a long period of time "slow suicide."
Maybe this is the same.
2007-01-16 08:31:38 · answer #1 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is this for your 'Health Class' final project? You're a waste of life... Smoking is not a form of suicide more than eating fast food is. Nobody is assisting the smoker because it is his/her choice to smoke.
2007-01-16 08:24:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Kurt Vonnegut said so in his introduction of welcome to the monkey house. he said he didn't deserve to live and it was the slowest form of suicide he knew of. i always agreed with him. and the smoker is assisting him or herself and we aught to be left alone. there are a lot of worse things out there than smoking or suicide..assisted or otherwise. how lame to gripe at smokers.
2007-01-16 08:30:31 · answer #3 · answered by Cheryl E 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it could be considered a form of suicide.
If it was considered a form of suicide, then everything that was unhealthy would be considered a form of suicide. So eating unhealthy, not exercising, etc etc, would be considered a form of suicide. And I don't think that's true at all.
2007-01-16 08:23:22 · answer #4 · answered by Dirty.Little.Secret. 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
can the questions get any better? no it is not suicide. how about everyone quits smoking and we can all make up the billions annually in taxes
2007-01-16 08:28:17 · answer #5 · answered by J Q Public 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
legally no, in reality yes. and i suppose the government is commiting assissted suicide by taking tax money to put cigarettes on the shelves
2007-01-16 08:33:43 · answer #6 · answered by Kurtis A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is not because not everyone who smokes dies from it, it would be like saying that because you drive a car you are trying to commit suicide because it could kill you.
2007-01-16 08:24:26 · answer #7 · answered by ihatelilac 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. Suicide is when you are INTENDING to kill yourself. Just because someone is doing something that is harmful that will eventually drop the number of years they are expected to live doesn't mean that they are trying to do it to specifically kill them self.
2007-01-16 08:23:35 · answer #8 · answered by deftonehead778 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
thats funny
what about a poor diet?
or under-researched medications,,,,
or humanity destroying the planet on which they live....
it is all time,,,,, dependent perceptions
2007-01-16 08:23:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is a good way of looking at it . And who creates alcoholics?
2007-01-16 08:23:59 · answer #10 · answered by primamaria04 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋