23 Apr 08
Is it worth having a state-imposed 40% reduction of heart attacks just to appear "health-minded"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_smoking#Long-term_effects
"When Helena, Montana implemented a 100% smokefree law, heart attack admissions in the local hospital dropped by 40%, and rebounded when a court suspended the law"
24 Apr 08
Originally posted by flexmoreWell the way the environmentalists worry about increasing population numbers and the capacity of the earth to support increasing numbers of energy consumers, if we end up with world peace, maybe the only way forward to keep the population in check is for government to actually sponsor tobacco and other intoxicant use. I am sure that if more people drink to excess as well and if some of the illegal drugs are launched o the market if we really advertised this well we could maybe even double that number. The benefit to halting population growth would also be obvious because people would be too stoned to care to procreate at all so in essence you could kill two problems with one stone so to speak.
Turns out the Humans are only slowly learning:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_and_health
" The World Health Organization has stated that tobacco is set to kill a billion people this century."
Oh yeah and because we would no longer have upward pressure on population growth all those hawks who like to cull a few million now and then with a war here and there, can finally be told to go home.
24 Apr 08
Originally posted by flexmore"In addition to chemical, nonradioactive carcinogens, tobacco and tobacco smoke contain small amounts of lead-210 (210Pb) and polonium-210 (210Po) both of which are radioactive carcinogens."
Turns out the Humans are only slowly learning:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_and_health
" The World Health Organization has stated that tobacco is set to kill a billion people this century."
Holy s**t that's what they killed Alexander Litvinenko with!
How can they get away with that?
25 Apr 08
Originally posted by Thequ1ckLife is brief and terminal so you might as well indulge a little.
"In addition to chemical, nonradioactive carcinogens, tobacco and tobacco smoke contain small amounts of lead-210 (210Pb) and polonium-210 (210Po) both of which are radioactive carcinogens."
Holy s**t that's what they killed Alexander Litvinenko with!
How can they get away with that?
You want to be the youngest looking corpse in the old folks home?