Let smokers smoke.

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Panda, I think that woman in Australia smoked for many years and really did not know how much cancer would devastate her. I actually quit for financial reasons. Few were quitting when I did, and there were no graphic ads that i can recall. I knew that smoking caused cancer via the US ads when I was a kid but no one in my family ever died from a smoking related illness. Many of them smoked and died of heart disease possibly through a diet high in fat, salt and inactivity but i also know of a relative who was a vegan, physically active and was never around smoke and yet died of brain cancer. I do not think people who get cancer get what they deserve but they should be made aware now of the damage smoking causes through testimonials as you have provided, and like the Australian woman, implore people not to smoke or quit as soon as possible.

Of course some people who don't smoke do get cancer and other diseases. And, some people who smoke actually don't end up getting a smoking-related disease. Just as there were some people who survived the black plague, or we wouldn't by typing here today.

Still, there isn't any good to be had by smoking cigarettes. Only bad things happen.

Just as there isn't anything good to be had by going out and deliberately exposing yourself to the black plague.

nor is it good to overeat.
overconsume beyond capacity.
think of the money wasted on entertainment alone.

many of those bring nothing but the joy people feel when doing them and the enrichment of those involved, are all those bad as well?
can we really start to define bad and good purely on health risks?
what of the mental dammage done by so many idiotic ideologies?

there is so much of so much more consequence than smoking if it truly is the wellbeing of others you are concerned about how about doing some of that instead?

but that isnt what this is about in the end.

Eating is good, in moderation. One cannot live without eating.

One can live without smoking. Smoking is stupid and unhealthy on all levels. Breathing in cigarette fumes doesn't do anyone any good at all. It certainly doesn't bring anyone joy or ecstasy.

Okay. Why would anyone who wasn't a raving lunatic actually want to smoke?

oh almighty panda would you like to argue beyond common repetitions for that judgement?

No-one has yet proposed a legitimate reason to smoke.

Pleasure? I would no sooner stick a cigarette in my mouth than burn out my eyeballs with hot coals.

It should be obvious by now that a certain individaul is flame baiting, as usual.