Cancer Sticks!
As the title of this entry would indicate I drew my inspiration from the ladies that I've been around who smoke but this could apply to the guys too so pay attention! You may find out how the opposite gender feels about you.
Smoking, simply put, is nasty and bad for you. Have you ever kissed a smoker? It's disgusting! I've heard people liken it to licking the bottom of an ash tray. I'd say that wouldn't be far off base. I honestly almost vomited the first time I kissed a girl that smoked. Her breath was awful, her tounge tasted like a tobacco factory, her skin was bad, her eyes were red from all the smoke basically staying around her face... all in all, it was a very bad experience.
Now, you may think that I totally hate smokers. That is totally not the case as many of my co-workers, some family members and close friends are smokers. All I'm saying is that I wouldn't date someone who smokes because I think it's a disgusting habit, not to mention all of the health risks. I've seen first hand how health can be affected by smoking. How about a grandfather who had emphasema? Or my other grandfather who had prostate cancer but I also belive that he had lung problems from smoking... how about that? Speaking of which, here's some food for thought from the Centers for Disease Control:
* An estimated 8.6 million people in the United States have at least one serious illness caused by smoking.
* Each year, nearly 440,000 people in the United States die of a smoking-attributable illness, resulting in 5.6 million years of potential life lost and $92 billion in lost productivity from smoking.
* For every person who dies of a smoking attributable disease, there are 20 more people suffering with at least one serious illness from smoking.
* Among current smokers, chronic lung diseases account for 73% of smoking attributable conditions.
* Among former smokers, chronic lung diseases account for 50% of smoking attributable conditions, followed by heart attacks (24%).
* Smoking causes 3.3 million years of potential life lost for men and 2.2 million years for women. On average, smoking educes adult life expectancy by approximately 14 years.
* Among adults, most smoking attributable deaths are from lung cancer (123,836), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (90,582), and ischemic heart disease (86,801).
What amazes me is that smokers are presented with this same information from their doctors and their attitude seems to be "I don't care." I know that I couldn't knowingly do something that I knew would (1) kill me slowly, (2) hurt my family and friends and (3) possibly cause others around me to be sick from the second hand smoke that I cause. Sorry, I just don't dig it.
So please, ladies (and guys too, for the benefit of non-smoking ladies everywhere), stop with the smoking! It's nasty and unhealthy.
And K*tie... even though you love the cancer sticks, I still love you... I guess! Feh... just please stop.
--Jonathan
Smoking, simply put, is nasty and bad for you. Have you ever kissed a smoker? It's disgusting! I've heard people liken it to licking the bottom of an ash tray. I'd say that wouldn't be far off base. I honestly almost vomited the first time I kissed a girl that smoked. Her breath was awful, her tounge tasted like a tobacco factory, her skin was bad, her eyes were red from all the smoke basically staying around her face... all in all, it was a very bad experience.
Now, you may think that I totally hate smokers. That is totally not the case as many of my co-workers, some family members and close friends are smokers. All I'm saying is that I wouldn't date someone who smokes because I think it's a disgusting habit, not to mention all of the health risks. I've seen first hand how health can be affected by smoking. How about a grandfather who had emphasema? Or my other grandfather who had prostate cancer but I also belive that he had lung problems from smoking... how about that? Speaking of which, here's some food for thought from the Centers for Disease Control:
* An estimated 8.6 million people in the United States have at least one serious illness caused by smoking.
* Each year, nearly 440,000 people in the United States die of a smoking-attributable illness, resulting in 5.6 million years of potential life lost and $92 billion in lost productivity from smoking.
* For every person who dies of a smoking attributable disease, there are 20 more people suffering with at least one serious illness from smoking.
* Among current smokers, chronic lung diseases account for 73% of smoking attributable conditions.
* Among former smokers, chronic lung diseases account for 50% of smoking attributable conditions, followed by heart attacks (24%).
* Smoking causes 3.3 million years of potential life lost for men and 2.2 million years for women. On average, smoking educes adult life expectancy by approximately 14 years.
* Among adults, most smoking attributable deaths are from lung cancer (123,836), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (90,582), and ischemic heart disease (86,801).
What amazes me is that smokers are presented with this same information from their doctors and their attitude seems to be "I don't care." I know that I couldn't knowingly do something that I knew would (1) kill me slowly, (2) hurt my family and friends and (3) possibly cause others around me to be sick from the second hand smoke that I cause. Sorry, I just don't dig it.
So please, ladies (and guys too, for the benefit of non-smoking ladies everywhere), stop with the smoking! It's nasty and unhealthy.
And K*tie... even though you love the cancer sticks, I still love you... I guess! Feh... just please stop.
--Jonathan
posted by Jonathan at
10:35 PM
1 Comments:
Amen,,
It goes the say way for guys
Girls dont like kissing ashtrays.. Unless of course they smoke too.
People take life for granted. They think "oh this wont happen to me" or they'll say somethin like "we all die sometime" But you know.. When it actually happens,, And someone were to get diagnosed with something..theyd wish they had never did what they had done, and they always take back the "we all die sometime" when it actually comes their turn.
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