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Re: Why? [Re: bic] #8614916
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Im GLAD I quit smoking tobacco 22 years ago
Originally Posted by bic
Why has smoking been demonized by the general public but somehow, alcohol and getting drunk is acceptable?

I do see drinking as acceptable and always have, not having lived through prohibition. Ive never seen getting drunk as acceptable in our society


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Re: Why? [Re: bic] #8614928
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I know smoking isnt healthy and therefore frowned upon. I get that. About 480k people in the USA die from smoke related causes annually. But somehow, it's culturally acceptable to be overweight. Fat shaming people is considered insensitive but over 300k people in the USA die annually from complications of being overweight. So I ask, Why aren't overweight people shunned the same as smokers?


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Re: Why? [Re: bic] #8614934
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They are bic...they have to buy 2 seats on a plane...lol


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Re: Why? [Re: bic] #8614940
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Originally Posted by bic
I know smoking isnt healthy and therefore frowned upon. I get that. About 480k people in the USA die from smoke related causes annually. But somehow, it's culturally acceptable to be overweight. Fat shaming people is considered insensitive but over 300k people in the USA die annually from complications of being overweight. So I ask, Why aren't overweight people shunned the same as smokers?

because your number is low

more like 110 million people are over weight

while I haven't ever quit smoking , losing weight isn't easy and you have to eat food , you just have to figure out how much is the right amount.

things are made to be cheap and taste good , cheep stuff is generally heavy on carb calories , good for you stuff like meat and veg are the highest priced foods.

the cigarette manufacturers got out of smokes and into food big time in the 80s and 90s , they have since sold but they applied the same marketing to foods and engineered them to be addictive as well.

Kraft, Oscar Meier , coolaid , jello , ritz ,chips a hoy , Oreo to name a few


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How is it that some get away with smoking and some dont? Has to be some kind of resistance factor if we could only figure that out. I know you will die quicker smoking but that minority must have something going for them.

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Geez, who can afford to smoke these days. I noticed getting gas the other day the price of smokes was over $11/pack. I remember buying them for .50 cents in a vending machine when I was young.

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Originally Posted by bic
Why has smoking been demonized by the general public but somehow, alcohol and getting drunk is acceptable?

You forgot smoking dope is OK now also,,,but smoking regular stuff is THE DEVIL. mad


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