Quote Originally Posted by Neron
When I think to myself, I guess you could say that I 'hear' the essence of my voice in my mind.

I don't smoke. Smoking is not suicide because the majority of people who do it do not wish to die. If smoking is suicidal, then by the same logic you can claim that anyone who eats at a fast food restaurant is suicidal. Tobacco products offer a relaxing and enjoyable experience and have manufacturers who are regulated by government sanctions (as opposed to drug manufacturers).
...
i did not mean for u to get technical..just things that make me wonder for a few...and how is killing ur self Relaxing..i use to smoke..and it just relived me from the need of the ciggarate...i found it not relaxing in anyway...if u continue to do it,.and u know its killing you...you can stop at any time...nobody said it was Easy..i guess you could say fastfood kills you..but...not really..itll make u fat if u eat alot of it...but i don't think many ppl Eat alot of it to make u really fat or sick enough to die.. and if some due. pity them..
Obviously you did mean for me to get technical because your response to my post is awfully confrontational. You need serious reexamination of your logic pattern if you believe that smoking is suicide. Like I stated previously, anyone who frequents a fast food chain or any other eatery serving foods high in cholesterol can be seen as committing "suicide." Cholesterol leads to heart disease, which is the number 1 killer of men and women in the smurfing United States of America and possibly the entire world. People do die from constant consumption of unhealthy food without exercising it off. Heart disease does kill people- to such an extent that it makes tobacco related deaths look like chump change.

Compare the freaking statistics:
Here are the statistics for heart disease:

Quote Originally Posted by University of Maryland
* At least 58.8 million people in this country suffer from some form of heart disease.

* One person in four suffers from some form of cardiovascular disease, including:
o high blood pressure - 50 million
o coronary heart disease - 12 million
+ angina pectoris - 6 million
+ myocardial infarction - 7 million
o stroke - 4.4 million
o rheumatic heart disease / rheumatic fever - 1.8 million
o congenital cardiovascular defects - 1 million
o congestive heart failure - 4.6 million

* Almost 1 out of every 2.4 deaths are from cardiovascular disease.

*Source:http://www.umm.edu/cardiac/stats.htm
Now here are the statistics for tobacco-related deaths:
Quote Originally Posted by National Center For Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

* Cigarette smoking causes an estimated 440,000 deaths, or about 1 of every 5 deaths, each year. This estimate includes 35,000 deaths from secondhand smoke exposure.

*Source=http://www.cdc.gov/Tobacco/factsheets/Tobacco_Related_Mortality_factsheet.htm
Obviously, 1 out every 2.4 deaths produces much more deaths in the United States than tobacco's 1 out 5 deaths. I advice you to do some smurfing research next time before you before to argue senseless claims.

Smoking IS relaxing. If smoking was not relaxing and pleasurable for you, then you are suggesting that you have some sort of masochistic tendencies if you choose to do it. People do it because it relaxed them and because they find the influx of nicotine in their system to be a pleasant experience. They get addicted to this certain type of pleasant experience which is brought about by nicotine consumption.

I say once again: If smoking is suicide, than everyone who consumes alcohol or consumes any kind of unhealthy food which may lead to heart disease is suicidal as well. How's that technical for you? What is it with you "Truth" people? You attempt to shut down every single door of the human experience that you find unsuitable with your subjective moral values.


-LYCHON