Drinking/Smoking

[Hilfiger1975]

Like you?


And redsoxx11... boy he was a nut.

[jaybird_1981]

Hoya for someone who is such a big Ron Paul fan wanting to ban smoking would be totally against what he stands for.

[spuds1961]

Well growing up in a family of alcoholics and smokers I can see where drinking and smoking will affect your children growing up.I do smoke,made it past the peer pressure in high school,didn't start till I was about 21.I do enjoy a few beers after a hard days work,but my son has never seen me drunk,I pick when I have one too many,usually when me and the Mrs go out of town.I have respect for non-smokers and I myself am trying to quit,I only smoke in 2 places when I'm home,the bathroom and in the woods behind my house.I've gone from 2 packs a day to 1/2 a pack and I don't smoke around non-smokers anymore.I'm 50 now and I admit smoking is probably one of the nastiest habits to pick up,but once you're addicted it is also one of the hardest to quit.

[andrewhoya]

Hoya for someone who is such a big Ron Paul fan wanting to ban smoking would be totally against what he stands for.

I wouldn't say a huge fan, just one of the only ones who isn't crazy

[mrveggieman]

This. War on drugs (marijuana at least) should end. Just funneling money into a pointless cause.

+1

BTW this is coming from a non smoker, non drug user.

[duane1969]

Huh??? Ticket stubs or cigarette butts? Either way that's called littering & let's outlaw Big Macs because I just saw a empty box on the side of the road today. Now don't get me wrong I totally understand the second-hand smoke deal & the non-smoking restaurant campaign but not pollution which is your basis for the argument set forth.

Actually cigarette butts are a big contributor to ground water pollution.

Think about it.
- What is the butt? A filter.
- What does it filter out? Tar, nicotine, formaldehyde, amonia, acetone, carbon monoxide, arsenic...to name a few.
- What happens as the filter decomposes? It releases it's contents.
- What has the most contact with cig butts? The ground and water.

Does one filter pollute that much? No. But 500 billion cigarettes a year equals 500 billion cigarette butts in landfills and tossed on the ground. It takes 20 years for a cigarette butt to fully decompose. 20 years x 500 billions cig butts = 10 trillion cigarette butts in landfills and on the ground, decomposing and releasing toxins into the ground and water.

[mrveggieman]

Actually cigarette butts are a big contributor to ground water pollution.

Think about it.
- What is the butt? A filter.
- What does it filter out? Tar, nicotine, formaldehyde, amonia, acetone, carbon monoxide, arsenic...to name a few.
- What happens as the filter decomposes? It releases it's contents.
- What has the most contact with cig butts? The ground and water.

Does one filter pollute that much? No. But 500 billion cigarettes a year equals 500 billion cigarette butts in landfills and tossed on the ground. It takes 20 years for a cigarette butt to fully decompose. 20 years x 500 billions cig butts = 10 trillion cigarette butts in landfills and on the ground, decomposing and releasing toxins into the ground and water.

Church!!

[duane1969]

Church!!

LOL is it obvious that I teach high schools kids about the negatives of tobacco abuse?

[andrewhoya]

LOL is it obvious that I teach high schools kids about the negatives of tobacco abuse?

Coming from a HS kid, I can tell you that the majority of us- not including myself- couldn't care less about water pollution

[duwal]

I'm 34 and have never smoked or drank and pretty sure never will