Smoking Is the Same As Long-term Suicide

@yanzalong (18984)
Indonesia
June 1, 2012 8:18am CST
That is the statement of a doctor when he opened an anti smoking coalition meeting in Indonesia. In a cigarette there are lots of dangerous chemical compounds that will destroy most of your body organs. The most dangerous one is arsenic. If the arsenic is taken in a high dose, less than 6 hours the person will die. The arsenic contained in cigarettes is of a low dose. This explain why the smokers need 30 years to die. What is your take, mylotters. Looking forward to your comments on this. Thank you.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
1 Jun 12
If i'm gonna tell this to a smoker friend of mine, he would tell me that that doctor is a liar! There are people whom he knows who have lived longer than what everybody thought and they all smoke. I'm not a smoker. I've tried it for a couple of months. Didn't work for me. Didn't get addicted. Now how many years do i have left before I die? It's not that i'm saying this isn't true. In fact i agree with it that smokers don't die old because they die young. But this kind of campaign and studies actually don't work to help smokers quit.
@jziakhan (701)
• Pakistan
2 Jun 12
"We" knows. That is physically impossible. Do you really believe that smoking has positive effects and enhances your life span? Im a medical student and trust me when I say this, it does nothing but destroy.