Do you belive smoking is bad

Australia
February 25, 2009 4:30pm CST
Or more so do you KNOW that its bad. I dont think there is a single person that does not know this so my question is why do people still get away with suing tobaco companies. So they got cancer from smoking and say I had no idea it was that bad. How could you not know it? I am as of 6 months ago a ex smoker and knew the risk of smoking and chose to smoke anyway. At this point in my life I dont think its worth a risk to smoke in my case so I dont. To me smoking is like most things in life you take a chance and hope for the best.
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• United States
26 Feb 09
everyone knows smoking is bad. its taught i our schools. theyve established programs such as d.a.r.e and so on to aware us of the dangers of smoking. but its a persons choice. No one forces you to smoke...no amount of peer pressure is force. so people suing are idiots. but its a decision in life that one has to make. its not good for you but who are we to judge others decisions.
@zabawaus (1730)
• United States
28 Feb 09
I totally agree with you
• China
26 Feb 09
Smoking is too bad, not only to himself,but to others around him. However ,sometimes when some persons need to make their decisions ,they must smoke. My father is one of them. Everyday ,he is always smoking so that his fingers look a a little yellow. His smoking makes all of my family cough and angry.Now ,we are good at holding our breath. So please all smokers in the world give up the badest habit for their parents and children.
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• China
6 Mar 09
you are right,the more you tell them not to do,the more they do!
26 Feb 09
Yeah but i suppose that is their life choice and in many cases the more you tell them not to, the more they do it. I am a non-smoker and it revolts me the pictures you see of peoples black lungs, in my case this is enough to make me never try smoking.
@bubblyapple (2653)
• Philippines
25 Feb 09
Yes I do. I don't have to try it to know that it is bad. There are so many literature that discusses this. Besides I've been hospitalized before because of second-hand smoking. My father was a smoker and when he learned that I got sick because of this, he quit right away. No one has to force him or anything. He just decided to stop it. He didn't even do it slowly. Although, I remember that few weeks or months after, he had to have candies with him all the time.
• China
6 Mar 09
my father is also a smoker,we have advised him to stop it,but it was difficult to him to swear off it probably! therefore he aslo smokes untill now! i hope he will realize the harm of smoking!
@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
26 Feb 09
I believe smoking is bad, and I don't see how people can do it, how can you breath all that smoke into your body, and not know it can't be good for you? There are alot of things that we do that's not good for us, not only smoking, but what we eat isn't good for us most of the time, like you said, we take a chance and hope for the best.
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• Australia
26 Feb 09
exacly my point and expecially since we are now told daily how bad it can be
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@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
26 Feb 09
Yes, 100%! Smoking isn't good to health and will never be, it can kill!.. here are the health effects of smoking: - Lung cancer - Emphysema - Bronchitis - Tissue damage - Cancer of the bladder, mouth, stomach, kidney, cervix - Diabetes - Vision problems - Peptic Ulcer - Back pain - Heart diseases so if i were you, i'd quit from doing this bad habit now!
• Australia
26 Feb 09
As I said I did quit 6 months ago
@pratik87 (1927)
• India
26 Feb 09
yes smoking is bad ..even the packet it comes in says the same..so its bad for our health wonder why people still smoke...any one knows?
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• Australia
26 Feb 09
Because its adictive
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@chertsy (3798)
• United States
27 Feb 09
This question could have been asked to the guy that lost his legs from the train. He was out drinking his butt off and fell onto the tracks because he lost his balance because he was drunk. He sued and won a lot of money, about 2 million. So it's not just people that smoke that sues. Neither one is right, but in life, everyone takes chances each day. We shouldn't sue over things that we could have prevented.
@chertsy (3798)
• United States
28 Feb 09
I was wrong, he only lost one of his legs. He fell onto a subway track in New York. I think he sued the city of New York, and a Manhattan jury awarded him 2.3 million saying the driver of the train had plenty of time to slow down. I think if your out drinking, don't go stumbling towards the tracks. I don't know if he was alone or not, I'm guessing no, because a true friend or if anyone was around would tried to get his drunk butt off the tracks.
@chertsy (3798)
• United States
28 Feb 09
This happens a lot it seems. When people sue, the ones that don't deserve crap end up winning. I wonder how long it will take him to lose all that money.
• Australia
27 Feb 09
What the?????? Who on earth did he sue??? But then again why am I suprised. Today anyone can sue anyone
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@martinha (631)
• Portugal
26 Feb 09
Smoking is bad, people know it's bad but people keep on starting to smoke while others don't even try to stop smoking. Of course it's an option, if you want to smoke no one can stop you, and if you only harm yourself that's your problem. The problem is when you throw your smoke to other people that don't want to smoke but are obliged to do it just because you smoke. That's what I hate about smokers, they can harm themselves but they have no right to harm others. It's a question of respecting others. People are sometimes selfish, just think that some pregnant women don't stop smoking while pregnant, or the father keeps on smoking while his wife is pregnant. That's just being selfish and harming a baby just because they can't or don't want to stop smoking. For me those people are being really stupid. I believe there is always an option. People can say 'I don't want to smoke anymore', they know smoking is bad, the problem is that sometimes they only stop when it's already too late.
• Australia
27 Feb 09
Not all smokers are selfish and disrespectfull some do the right things
@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
26 Feb 09
YES...yes! I know, but I do it! Congratulations...truly sincere congratulations for ceasing & desisting...you are one powerful person! I am ashamed that I cannot take control of my life in that manner! I know all the risks, at even more so at my age! Why do I continue....honestly I truly, truly enjoy smoking in many situations......and it seems to be a destresser for me! Probably all in my head, but that's the way it is!
• Australia
26 Feb 09
well at least you know its bad so you wont go suing companies tight :)))) I am glad I gave them up.
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@stealthy (8181)
• United States
25 Feb 09
The problem with smoking is that it is not just bad and unhealthy for the one smoking but for those around them. And it isn't just second hand smoke but third hand especially for infants and children. Studies have found very bad and harmful chemicals left in clothing, furniture, pillows, etc. that can harm children and especially infants. So even if a smoker doesn't smoke aroung their kids or infants, just their clothes being around them, such as holding a baby with the same clothes that were worn while smoking, can do harm.
• Australia
26 Feb 09
we know all this but people still somehow manage to sue saying that they did not know this
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@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
3 Mar 09
yes smoking is bad and i dont smoke anyway! but take note it depends the smoker how long he can handle it.
@carrine (2743)
• Philippines
26 Feb 09
i think so.. and im pretty sure also that all smokers are aware of that. LOL
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@jlamela (4898)
• Philippines
26 Feb 09
Smoking is absolutely bad for the health. In fact government has a warning to smokers that it is really dangerous to everybody's health. I don't know also why people, despite of warnings and bad symptoms of smoking, they still resort to that habit. I hate smokers in fact I stay away to someone who really smoke. Second-hand smoke (smoke we get from smokers)can be fatal.
@abcnadz (457)
• India
26 Feb 09
smoking is not bad. smoking occassionally is what i appreciate. but when it comes to smoking daily, i think smokin once a day is okay. but smoking more than 2 cigys is very bad. creates a hell lot of health problems for you and for the people around you. your lips also tend to get dark and lose the red colour if you smoke regularly.
• Australia
26 Feb 09
It makes no difference when it comes to risk if you smoke 1 or 10 a day you still have a higher risk then if you dont smoke at all.
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
2 Mar 09
Yes smoking is bad for the body.It does not affect the smokers health but it affects other people around him.If a person smokes he can get lung diseases.Also his life span is reducing very fast.Later if the person tries to quit smoking he cannot.He also coughs for a long time to get rid of the addiction.
@samijo719 (1052)
• United States
26 Feb 09
I know it's unhealthy and dangerous but I continue to smoke. I haven't gotten to the point where I can quit. I have tried numerous times and have only been able to last a few days. I want to quit badly because I don't want to end up with emphazema and/or lung cancer. I know people who have both and I don't want to end up like that. I am actually going to speak to my doctor getting something to aide me in quitting, over the counter stuff has never worker for me.
• Portugal
26 Feb 09
That only happens in america... There are lots of suing in America that you just dont believe that can be true...
@ddfreedie (690)
• India
26 Feb 09
of course smoking is bad....even cigeritte packets say smoking is injurious to health....it not only affects the one who smokes but also the one who inhales the same air...they become passive smokers...to all smokers.. pls stop smoking and make this world a better place to live in
@Archie0 (5636)
26 Feb 09
Anything and almost everything is unhealthy and injurious in todays world.We just blame things which we saw or heard others blaming them.Just that we have seen the add and all.But the instant food, Fruit jucies, Adulterated food stuffs are also equally harmful.Pizaas, cheese etc too.Its just it depends on how much we intake, whats the quantity we are eating or drinking or smoking.If you are aware of the over effects of things and control on them then they are not harmful in greater extent.After all its only upon us to see what is good for us and what's not.Smoking is ofcourse unhealthy but ther is no question of bann on it or something its just a normal need of todays world just like a harmfull cheesy, beaf stuffed pizza everyday right?
• Philippines
26 Feb 09
smoking can't get you any good results. smoking is like little by little destroying your body. God has better plans for us, not just damaging our lungs.