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[tubby_mcgee]

I'm about as anti-smoking as they get....and I see now that "scary labels" are going to be put on the packs to help deter smoking.

I don't think it'll help. Not much anyway. It might if cigs were out (not behind the counter) in the open. Then a little kid might ask "Daddy, what's that?" And the Dad could say "That's what happens to you if smoke cigarettes..." But even then...prolly wouldn't help much.

Anyway...okay...let's trow a few ideas out there.




Here are some crazy ideas that might work. Or they might not. Just tossing some ideas out there.

1.) If you get lung cancer or emphysema, and you smoked, it is declared a suicide, and your life insurance policy (if you have one) is null and void.

2.) If you get lung cancer or emphysema, and you smoked, it is declared a suicide, and 100% of your assets (even your house your family is in) all go to the government.

3.) $42 per pack. -- I don't think it'd help. Just like people that steal to get their fix of heroin or cocaine, cigarette smokers would begin to do whatever necessary to get their fix.

4.) Triple health insurance rates -- Again, wouldn't work. People would just say "to hell with health insurance--who needs it when you've got cigaraettes"

Anyone have any better ideas? Let's hear 'em and we'll submit them to some newspapers.

[frank]

1 and 2 won't help. The problem now is that the bad consequences of smoking are too delayed.

[MDC]

As for 3, smoking rates are way down in NYC now that cigs are $15/pack.

[jocstrap]

The first thing that popped into my mind was the movie "the twilight zone" from 1983. John Lithgow (sp) had a problem smoking...

I tried to find the link on youtube, but nothing except the airplane scene of him smoking.


I wanted the scene where his wife was in the electric shock room getting zapped. He still didn't stop. Then the last episode where his wifey had to give a toast and they chopped off her pinky finger b/c they caught him smoking.

What a great focking movie!

[rallo]

Everytime you see someone light up a cig... it is socially accepted that anyone can walk up to that person, take the cig out of their mouth, and put it out on the forehaid...

[southcarolina]

Cut off smokers lips. No lips, no smoke.

[drobeski]

The first thing that popped into my mind was the movie "the twilight zone" from 1983. John Lithgow (sp) had a problem smoking...

I tried to find the link on youtube, but nothing except the airplane scene of him smoking.


I wanted the scene where his wife was in the electric shock room getting zapped. He still didn't stop. Then the last episode where his wifey had to give a toast and they chopped off her pinky finger b/c they caught him smoking.

What a great focking movie!

This would increase smoking

[Phurfur]

America has created a society of people who value their freedoms but trample on other's freedoms and believe they have a right to do so.

[Mookz]

This would increase smoking

[BunnysBastatrds]

I'm about as anti-smoking as they get....and I see now that "scary labels" are going to be put on the packs to help deter smoking.

I don't think it'll help. Not much anyway. It might if cigs were out (not behind the counter) in the open. Then a little kid might ask "Daddy, what's that?" And the Dad could say "That's what happens to you if smoke cigarettes..." But even then...prolly wouldn't help much.

Anyway...okay...let's trow a few ideas out there.




Here are some crazy ideas that might work. Or they might not. Just tossing some ideas out there.

1.) If you get lung cancer or emphysema, and you smoked, it is declared a suicide, and your life insurance policy (if you have one) is null and void.

2.) If you get lung cancer or emphysema, and you smoked, it is declared a suicide, and 100% of your assets (even your house your family is in) all go to the government.

3.) $42 per pack. -- I don't think it'd help. Just like people that steal to get their fix of heroin or cocaine, cigarette smokers would begin to do whatever necessary to get their fix.

4.) Triple health insurance rates -- Again, wouldn't work. People would just say "to hell with health insurance--who needs it when you've got cigaraettes"

Anyone have any better ideas? Let's hear 'em and we'll submit them to some newspapers.

Fawk you tubbe. Super Sizing is next on the block for taxation?

Suicide? Fawking beyond belief. Are you that stoopid?

[Strike]

Why the fock do you care if someone quits smoking? If they want to do it let them.

[BunnysBastatrds]

Everytime you see someone light up a cig... it is socially accepted that anyone can walk up to that person, take the cig out of their mouth, and put it out on the forehaid...

The last person that lambasted me for lighting up will NEVER do it again. Her fat fawking front butt made my point and she cried and cried because of it..

[BunnysBastatrds]

As for 3, smoking rates are way down in NYC now that cigs are $15/pack.

And they lost mucho money because of it. I send thirty cartons a year via UPS to my neice at half the price.

[SUXBNME]

I'm about as anti-smoking as they get....and I see now that "scary labels" are going to be put on the packs to help deter smoking.

I don't think it'll help. Not much anyway. It might if cigs were out (not behind the counter) in the open. Then a little kid might ask "Daddy, what's that?" And the Dad could say "That's what happens to you if smoke cigarettes..." But even then...prolly wouldn't help much.

Anyway...okay...let's trow a few ideas out there.




Here are some crazy ideas that might work. Or they might not. Just tossing some ideas out there.

1.) If you get lung cancer or emphysema, and you smoked, it is declared a suicide, and your life insurance policy (if you have one) is null and void.

2.) If you get lung cancer or emphysema, and you smoked, it is declared a suicide, and 100% of your assets (even your house your family is in) all go to the government.

3.) $42 per pack. -- I don't think it'd help. Just like people that steal to get their fix of heroin or cocaine, cigarette smokers would begin to do whatever necessary to get their fix.

4.) Triple health insurance rates -- Again, wouldn't work. People would just say "to hell with health insurance--who needs it when you've got cigaraettes"

Anyone have any better ideas? Let's hear 'em and we'll submit them to some newspapers.

Are you an alias of Newbiejr?
You must be, cause this is a horrible subject for you to try and debate.

You don't like the smell? Fine. Thats about all you have to b1tch about.

Second hand smoke? Please link to me any study that proves that second hand smoke is cancerous. Hell..I'll even read any one of your moonbat sources and refute it with many more reliable sources.

Bottom line is that you are a kommunist.
I hope your family gets leprosy (all at the same time) and dies.

After they die, I wish upon you a little thing called To The Pain
I'll explain and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon.
To the pain means the first thing you will lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists. Next your nose.

The next thing you will lose will be your left eye followed by your right.

Your ears you keep and I'll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out, "Dear God! What is that thing," will echo in your perfect ears. That is what to the pain means.
It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever.


Wanna fight?

[Let Da Big Dog Eat]

I smoke and I revolted. I get my cigs from overseas at 1/2 the price.

I get a whole lot less crap from people about me smoking now because every time someon e gives me crap about it I simply look at them and point out that they are overweight (most typical), lacking personal hygiene, need dental, etc. My point is there is always something.

What gives them the right to attack me about smoking?

My typical response is "yea, I smoke. My choice, I'm an adult. Just like you are an adult and don't give crap about being fat. That's also your choice. So, wanna bet on who's gonna die first?"

[penultimatestraw]

Are you an alias of Newbiejr?
You must be, cause this is a horrible subject for you to try and debate.

You don't like the smell? Fine. Thats about all you have to b1tch about.

Second hand smoke? Please link to me any study that proves that second hand smoke is cancerous. Hell..I'll even read any one of your moonbat sources and refute it with many more reliable sources.

Bottom line is that you are a kommunist.
I hope your family gets leprosy (all at the same time) and dies.

After they die, I wish upon you a little thing called To The Pain
I'll explain and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon.
To the pain means the first thing you will lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists. Next your nose.

The next thing you will lose will be your left eye followed by your right.

Your ears you keep and I'll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out, "Dear God! What is that thing," will echo in your perfect ears. That is what to the pain means.
It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever.


Wanna fight?

It's more than just cancer - cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and childhood development are a few of the things influenced by secondhand smoke. A good summary is here: My link

Are the CDC and Surgeon General moonbats?

[drobeski]

It's more than just cancer - cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and childhood development are a few of the things influenced by secondhand smoke. A good summary is here: My link

Are the CDC and Surgeon General moonbats?

Reminds me more of a wombat

[NorthernVike]

Suicide is covered by life insurance after the policy has been inforce for two or more years.

[phillybear]

The first thing that popped into my mind was the movie "the twilight zone" from 1983. John Lithgow (sp) had a problem smoking...

I tried to find the link on youtube, but nothing except the airplane scene of him smoking.


I wanted the scene where his wife was in the electric shock room getting zapped. He still didn't stop. Then the last episode where his wifey had to give a toast and they chopped off her pinky finger b/c they caught him smoking.

What a great focking movie!

1985, Cat's Eye, James Woods. Other than that, you were on track.

[pimptastic69]

Ban cigarettes and double triple the tax on alcohol sales.

Both are bad for you and others - what's the difference?

[DankNuggs]

We live in an obese society... Obesity has to cause as many chronic and long term health conditions as smoking... People should make choices and live with the consequences with no other expectations.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy!]

Cut off smokers lips. No lips, no smoke.

We can smoke through our nostrils! Hell, I've seen people smoke through a trache tube.

[penultimatestraw]

We live in an obese society... Obesity has to cause as many chronic and long term health conditions as smoking... People should make choices and live with the consequences with no other expectations.

What about secondhand obesity? Seriously though, we should tax the hell out of fast/junk food as well - healthcare costs are skyrocketing as a result of people's sh!tty decision making.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy!]

What about secondhand obesity? Seriously though, we should tax the hell out of fast/junk food as well - healthcare costs are skyrocketing as a result of people's sh!tty decision making.

They'd probably need to stop subsidizing it before they tax it.

[penultimatestraw]

They'd probably need to stop subsidizing it before they tax it.

Fair enough. The agricultural/food industry is on par with banks and big oil in their lack of morals, IMO.

[tubby_mcgee]

Suicide is covered by life insurance after the policy has been inforce for two or more years.

I know...but if this "law" were to come into effect, it would last the length of the policy, not just the first year or two.

[DankNuggs]

What about secondhand obesity? Seriously though, we should tax the hell out of fast/junk food as well - healthcare costs are skyrocketing as a result of people's sh!tty decision making.

Thats why you only provide catastrophic insurance rather than cradle to grave managed care...

[penultimatestraw]

Thats why you only provide catastrophic insurance rather than cradle to grave managed care...

Good suggestion.

[tubby_mcgee]

Second hand smoke? Please link to me any study that proves that second hand smoke is cancerous. Hell..I'll even read any one of your moonbat sources and refute it with many more reliable sources.

It's a choice. You can believe who you wanna believe. If a study from the New England Journal of Medicine comes out and says fatty foods are likely to kill you, you can either believe it, or rationalize and say "That's not it....they don't have proof...blah...blah "

Same with smoking. The sources that I read on a regular basis, indicating that smoking, (second hand smoke included) greatly increases your chances of cancer, heart disease, etc...well...I tend to believe them. Yeah....I suppose I could believe the article that says "Smoking is Actually Good for You" but there again....with any article I read...I have to decide if I believe it or not. I'd tend to not believe that article.

What's their motive to lie and say "don't buy or use a particular product" anyway? Is it so I'll buy "their" product instead? Also, I don't see many lessons in school, campaigns or money being spent on telling people that carrots are bad for you and will cause cancer. I tend to see it with smoking though.

[penultimatestraw]

It's a choice. You can believe who you wanna believe. If a study from the New England Journal of Medicine comes out and says fatty foods are likely to kill you, you can either believe it, or rationalize and say "That's not it....they don't have proof...blah...blah "

Same with smoking. The sources that I read on a regular basis, indicating that smoking, (second hand smoke included) greatly increases your chances of cancer, heart disease, etc...well...I tend to believe them. Yeah....I suppose I could believe the article that says "Smoking is Actually Good for You" but there again....with any article I read...I have to decide if I believe it or not. I'd tend to not believe that article.

What's their motive to lie and say "don't buy or use a particular product" anyway? Is it so I'll buy "their" product instead? Also, I don't see many lessons in school, campaigns or money being spent on telling people that carrots are bad for you and will cause cancer. I tend to see it with smoking though.

Secondhand smoke's health effects aren't really disputed in the medical community. Kinda like climate change amongst climatologists. But people will believe whatever fulfills their personal agenda, or addiction in this case.

[WahooJim]

1985, Cat's Eye, James Woods. Other than that, you were on track.

Based on a Stephen King novella called "Quitters, Inc", included in the collection "Night Shift".

[crackattack]

I'm about as anti-smoking as they get....and I see now that "scary labels" are going to be put on the packs to help deter smoking.

I don't think it'll help. Not much anyway. It might if cigs were out (not behind the counter) in the open. Then a little kid might ask "Daddy, what's that?" And the Dad could say "That's what happens to you if smoke cigarettes..." But even then...prolly wouldn't help much.

Anyway...okay...let's trow a few ideas out there.




Here are some crazy ideas that might work. Or they might not. Just tossing some ideas out there.

1.) If you get lung cancer or emphysema, and you smoked, it is declared a suicide, and your life insurance policy (if you have one) is null and void.

2.) If you get lung cancer or emphysema, and you smoked, it is declared a suicide, and 100% of your assets (even your house your family is in) all go to the government.

3.) $42 per pack. -- I don't think it'd help. Just like people that steal to get their fix of heroin or cocaine, cigarette smokers would begin to do whatever necessary to get their fix.

4.) Triple health insurance rates -- Again, wouldn't work. People would just say "to hell with health insurance--who needs it when you've got cigaraettes"

Anyone have any better ideas? Let's hear 'em and we'll submit them to some newspapers.

Fock off. I work, I have insurance, I served my country, I'll focking smoke if I want to focking smoke. ###### sucking commie

[420allstars]

Fock off. I work, I have insurance, I served my country, I'll focking smoke if I want to focking smoke. ###### sucking commie

[tubby_mcgee]

I work

That's a whole different subject I'd like to comment on. Smokers make the most inefficient workers. Either smoking, taking an extra smoke break here or there, or their work becomes sloppy and inefficient because they are running low on nicotine and are worrying and fidgeting about when their next smoke break is.

[crackattack]

That's a whole different subject I'd like to comment on. Smokers make the most inefficient workers. Either smoking, taking an extra smoke break here or there, or their work becomes sloppy and inefficient because they are running low on nicotine and are worrying and fidgeting about when their next smoke break is.

I work in a smoke free hospital. I take zero smoke breaks a day....so wrong again cack sucking commie.

[penultimatestraw]

I work in a smoke free hospital. I take zero smoke breaks a day....so wrong again cack sucking commie.

RT?

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy!]

That's a whole different subject I'd like to comment on. Smokers make the most inefficient workers. Either smoking, taking an extra smoke break here or there, or their work becomes sloppy and inefficient because they are running low on nicotine and are worrying and fidgeting about when their next smoke break is.

Right, because non-smokers never take breaks to scratch their ass, bullsh!t with the guy next door, etc.

[phillybear]

That's a whole different subject I'd like to comment on. Smokers make the most inefficient workers. Either smoking, taking an extra smoke break here or there, or their work becomes sloppy and inefficient because they are running low on nicotine and are worrying and fidgeting about when their next smoke break is.

Women are inefficient at using rest rooms.

[penultimatestraw]

Women are inefficient at using rest rooms.

Depends what they're using them for...

[phillybear]

Depends what they're using them for...

The same thing as a woman using a Best Buy parking lot.