Thu May 31, 2012, 04:25 PM

Lars77 (3,032 posts)

Tobacco firms 'foiling anti-smoking drives'

Countries around the world are marking the United Nations' Global Day Against Tobacco.

Despite strict controls in many countries on the sale and advertising of tobacco products, sales continue to remain strong, and share prices continue to rise.

The World Health Organisation says that while there have been successes in forcing tobacco companies to conform to health warning regulations, those companies are now undermining anti-smoking campaigns.

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
Tobacco firms 'foiling anti-smoking drives' (Original post)	Lars77	May 2012	OP
Criminal death merchants. nt	onehandle	May 2012	#1
Death merchants? That's a bit of a stretch.	virgogal	May 2012	#3
Smoking is slow motion suicide.	jerseyjack	May 2012	#4
Possibly,but extremely slow----you might die at 75 instead of 80.	virgogal	May 2012	#5
Or at 48. Like my father.	onehandle	Jun 2012	#6
Or at 32 like my father,but he was an exception. His 2 sisters smoked into their 80s. Life	virgogal	Jun 2012	#7
Nobody makes you smoke.	MrSlayer	May 2012	#2

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Thu May 31, 2012, 04:30 PM

onehandle (35,998 posts)

1. Criminal death merchants. nt

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Thu May 31, 2012, 05:06 PM

virgogal (7,430 posts)

3. Death merchants? That's a bit of a stretch.

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Thu May 31, 2012, 08:01 PM

jerseyjack (1,361 posts)

4. Smoking is slow motion suicide.

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Thu May 31, 2012, 08:24 PM

virgogal (7,430 posts)

5. Possibly,but extremely slow----you might die at 75 instead of 80.

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Fri Jun 1, 2012, 12:35 AM

onehandle (35,998 posts)

6. Or at 48. Like my father.

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A lot more people die at a younger age due to the added degradation that smoking causes. Cancer is a tiny portion of the deaths.

The 'the years you lose at an advanced age that suck anyway' is just another creation of the insidious tobacco industry.

Toddlers die due to being exposed to smoking. All age groups do.

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Fri Jun 1, 2012, 06:28 PM

virgogal (7,430 posts)

7. Or at 32 like my father,but he was an exception. His 2 sisters smoked into their 80s. Life

is a crapshoot.

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Thu May 31, 2012, 04:37 PM

MrSlayer (21,569 posts)

2. Nobody makes you smoke.

I only quit because it's just too expensive anymore. I don't really miss it, it's always been a take it or leave it thing for me.

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