Smoking: Time to Break Up?

I gave up smoking at the age of 28 and two packets a day some 47 years ago and now enjoy deep breathing with a fresh vibrant invigorating feeling, something smokers and vapers only think they have. Furthermore, I believe exhaling smoke from any inhaling activity will actually spread the coronovirus very efficiently and effectively during the incubation period of about two weeks before it manifests as a health crisis. Thus the 'social distancing' advice of approximately six feet perhaps should be increased to twenty feet or more. Also perhaps leave any indoor space where smoke smells prevail. I don't think the 'transfer' risk is just personal contact from my perspective. Dennis.

I have been a landlord for 24 years. As the anti-smoking movement began to get traction, I had to make a decision as to whether alienate 25% of my potential tenants or continuing to allow smoking. I have since spent over 2000 hours investigating whether the claims of the anti-smokers had any merit. They do not. In fact, anti-smoking is the biggest boondoggle since prohibition and perhaps of all time. Even using the anti-smoking cabal's own statistics, 80,000 people would have to work 40 years in an unventilated, 'Mad Men' type environment to add one extra death. This is a statistical hiccup. Not anything that a rational person would get upset about. As for the real world, having met with over 350 prospective tenants, exactly one has declined to rent from me because I allow smoking in my buildings. Anti-smokers are out there, no doubt. But they aren't nearly as numerous as you've been led to believe.

Ever since the white man took a tip from the American Indian, the peace pipe has evolved into something to increase cancer sufferers.
So now at last mother nature is spreading a clear message. Painful for the tobacco industry, but good for the hip pocket, and powerful message for all children who see their mummies and daddies in a new light.

No comment about marijuana. Interesting the smoking is bad unless revenue is generated to the point that politicians have significant amounts to spend!

Unless you are chomping on a cigar all day long you are at no more risk than anyone else if you an occasional cigar smoker. It would never be a good idea to puff away constantly on cigars. However if you enjoy an occasional cigar you aren't exposed to enough smoke to make any difference at all.

There is compelling evidence that cigar smokers are at less risk due to nicotine's effect on flu. Serious studies over the last 100 years have shown to the chagrin of researchers that smokers tend to get the Flu less and in some years smokers were not infected at all by viruses that affected the non-smoking community. Articles disclaiming smoking's effectiveness appear to be written in support of Flu vaccine manufacturers or by people plainly against smoking. No different than anti-smoking articles being written by manufactures of psychotropic anti depressants who view nicotine as cheaper and even a more effective competition. Even the WHO's own data shows that lung ailments for smoking are statistically insignificant so much so that the WHO lumps lung ailments not related with smoking into being smoking related. It's really a dis-information war with a design to get society to submit to having their personal freedom controlled. Ask any honest sociologist.
Enjoy a cigar.

Had an uncle. Smoked boxes and boxes of White Owls. Died at 89. His sister smoked cigarettes since she was 16. Gave it up because the increased prices in her late 80's. Died at 89. My mother never smoked a day in her life. exercised, took care of herself. Died at 89. A cousin never smoked either. Kept active. Beat prostate cancer but then came down with pancreatic cancer. Died at 88. Things happen.

Smoking destroys the lung tissue. With time the lung fills with water and there is difficulty with breathing: a very uncomfortable situation. Also one becomes prone to chest infections.
My father died of lung emphysema after suffering terribly being unable to breathe. My mother lost all her teeth after they became totally black.
My uncle was in a bad condition after his leg was amputated. His skin had become brown, the colour of smoke. Even so he continued to smoke however much I asked him to, because even at his age and in his condition he would not give up cigarettes. He died of a chest infection. Such a pity.
Cigarettes have destroyed my parents generation. This generation is being destroyed by drugs.

At last!! Someone in print urging smokers to quit and straightaway. Not one word have I heard from the Heath Minister or anyone in the medical profession or any media person underlining this obvious truth. That smoke-damaged lungs predispose to so many life threatening diseases. COVID-19 is a respiratory infection. Let's get the message out... smokers, this is a great time to quit.

Ironically, this is a wonderful opportunity to spread the anti-smoking, anti-vaping message. Can you get the media in the US, UK and Europe on board to publicise it as widely as possible? There will probably never be as good a chance again to get through and make people really think about their health. It will, of course, be interesting to see how tobacco companies respond!

Every cigar smoker that I have know died an ugly death. You don't need stats of smoking and COVID-19 to stop smoking just see what cigars are doing to Rush.