Quote Originally Posted by Dmo18
yeh in america it causes 400,000+ deaths a year
inflated statistics?

we'll never know how many "smoking related deaths" ther really are each year. when they tally up the statistics on such things personal bias is always a factor. if someone dies of a "possibly" smoking related disease they ask three questions; did this person smoke, did this person come into contact with smokers, did this person ever think about smoking. if the answer to any of these questions is yes, even maybe, then into the smoking deaths column they go.

as a smoker i'm quite aware that i am killing myself, but that is my decision. i don't smoke around nonsmokers or children, i don't smoke indoors (even in my own damn home) and i pay the shitload of taxes they've heaped on my chosen vice (just to penelize and vilify us a little more). why must i endure this constant barrage of ads condemning my "dirty little habit"? why must i listen to a generation of self-righteous know-it-alls telling me how filthy and stupid i am for choosing this particular way to add enjoyment to my life.

this diatribe brought to you by the american black lung association and psychopaths everywhere