Why do people who smoke live longer than those who didnt?

[cheeyen]

Why? Doesn't it prove that smoking is good?

 

[nayr69sg]

Why? Doesn't it prove that smoking is good?

Go ahead and smoke more. Or even better take up smoking.

This debate has long been settled. Smoking has no health benefits and many health risks.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Go ahead and smoke more. Or even better take up smoking.

This debate has long been settled. Smoking has no health benefits and many health risks.

Smoking cigarettes are bad bcos of chemicals in it. In addition haze etc is equivalent to smoking cigarettes. Why not ban the haze?
Cigars n pipes is ok. If smoking is bad..tell tat to George Burns. He started cigars at 14 n lived till 99. He died bcos he fell n not bcos of smoking.

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Remembering George Burns
By The Editors | From Arnold Schwarzenegger, Summer 96
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Remembering George Burns
George Burns' final wish isn't hard for cigar lovers to understand. He was buried with three of his favorite cigars. He simply didn't want to be without his constant companions of the last 70 years of his life, especially on the day of his reunion with Gracie, his stage partner and his only wife, who died in 1964. On any given day, he smoked 10 to 15 cigars, usually El Productos (he liked them because they stayed lit on stage), and you have to assume that he figured once he got to the promised land, he wouldn't have to worry about his supply. That final anecdote from his life illustrates one very key thing--Burns' love of cigars was more than just a habit. More than any other celebrity in the United States, George Burns was identified with cigars.

Most of us grew up with George Burns. Whether it was his television comedy show with Gracie back in the 1950s, "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show," or his 1974 Oscar-winning performance for best supporting actor in The Sunshine Boys with Walter Matthau, the trademark Burns comedy was lively and engaging. With his hit in The Sunshine Boys, Burns went on to a second career in Hollywood with hits like Oh, God!, Oh, God! Book II and Oh, God! You Devil, as well as roles in Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Just You and Me, Kid with Brooke Shields and Going In Style with Art Carney. Before that series of films, he had last made a movie in 1938, a hiatus of 36 years. As he said in his Oscar acceptance speech, "This is all so exciting I've decided to keep making one movie every 36 years." At the time, he was 79 years old.

In that statement, Burns captured his own essence, the quality that made him so attractive to his adoring public. There was never any desire to lay back, rest on his laurels or stop doing what he loved best because he was too old or too tired. His energy was infectious, and all who saw him came away with a renewed sense of the possibilities of being alive. Here was a man who, years in advance, signed to do a show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on the night of his 100th birthday. He passed that milestone this past January, but he couldn't make the show. It wasn't because he didn't want to--his age had finally caught up with him.

He was the last of his generation of Hollywood comics. For years, that group--which included Jack Benny, Al Jolson, George Jessel, Groucho, Harpo and Chico Marx, Danny Thomas and Danny Kaye, among others--met as often as they could for lunch at the Hillcrest Country Club in West Los Angeles. Their group was known as the Comedians' Round Table, and most of them were cigar smokers. As more than one writer has suggested, it may have very well been the funniest place on the planet to eat lunch, with each one trying to outdo the other. Who was the funniest? Well, Burns himself thought Jessel won that prize, but no one counted out Burns with the twinkle in his eye and the dry delivery.

The Hillcrest Country Club also highlighted Burns' enduring passion for cigars, even in the face of mounting anti-tobacco sentiment in his hometown. After attempts were made to ban smoking at the club, an exception was passed for cigar smoking in the card room for anyone over 95. One person benefited from that exception. It showed Burns' willingness to stand up for his rights as a cigar smoker. Although he said many times that he wouldn't smoke if it bothered someone, he kept insisting on the privilege to indulge in one of his favorite pastimes. It's a lesson that every cigar smoker should follow.

We'll miss George Burns. He was a leader in the long struggle to restore the glamour and luster to the pleasures of smoking cigars. In what turned out to be his final lengthy interview, Burns told Cigar Aficionado: "I find you have to take each day as it comes and be thankful for who's left and whatever you can still do. That's why I'm so grateful that after all these years, there's still a demand for me."

In our book, George, you'll always be a star with top billing.


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[laksaboy]

Why? Doesn't it prove that smoking is good?

It's an expensive hobby and it stinks up your breath and clothes.

Health aside, economically it's not worth it.

My granny was a chain smoker, puffed smoke through her nostrils, and she lived till her late 70s.

 

[syed putra]

In the bad old days, i detest going to pubs and nightclubs because end up stinking when i leave.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

It's an expensive hobby and it stinks up your breath and clothes.

Health aside, economically it's not worth it.

My granny was a chain smoker, puffed smoke through her nostrils, and she lived till her late 70s.

Actually it get rid of mozzies

 

[Hypocrite-The]

In the bad old days, i detest going to pubs and nightclubs because end up stinking when i leave.

Now I detest going to pubs n bars bcos I cant enjoy a good cigar

 

[laksaboy]

Actually it get rid of mozzies

Joss sticks. I love the smell of joss sticks. Always inhaled deeply when I'm inside or near a Chinese temple.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Joss sticks. I love the smell of joss sticks. Always inhaled deeply when I'm inside or near a Chinese temple.

Too much chemicals n cigars smell much better

 

[Buckethead]

Life is unpredictable, we can do whatever healthy, positive we want, what happen the next hour/day/week/year, we never know...just enjoy when/while/what/where you can...

 

[cheeyen]

Go ahead and smoke more. Or even better take up smoking.

This debate has long been settled. Smoking has no health benefits and many health risks.

Some say smoking helps them to relax and think clearly

 

[krafty]

Some say smoking helps them to relax and think clearly

this is a myth! smoking hurts your pocket.

 

[laksaboy]

this is a myth! smoking hurts your pocket.

I've heard a fantastic story during my NS days.

There was a guy who was a smoker, and he was taking his IPPT. He failed his 2.4km run. He told his PTI to let him rest for a while and run again. He smoked several cigarettes during his resting time. He ran again and passed.

 

[krafty]

I've heard a fantastic story during my NS days.

There was a guy who was a smoker, and he was taking his IPPT. He failed his 2.4km run. He told his PTI to let him rest for a while and run again. He smoked several cigarettes during his resting time. He ran again and passed.

i can't explain too, my platoon mate, a smoker was the first few runners during bmt.

 

[JOKERCHEW]

Same token that Evil people lived longer than kind people.

The Good die faster. Why?



=JC=

 

[laksaboy]

Same token that Evil people lived longer than kind people.

The Good die faster. Why?

If you believe one life is all that you have, naturally you would be confused.

 

[nayr69sg]

Some say smoking helps them to relax and think clearly

Same for Coffee. As I said go ahead and take up smoking

You can also vape nicotine which is the active drug in tobacco cigarettes.

Also take a look at cannabis. Sativa strains also help with ADHD.

 

[nayr69sg]

i can't explain too, my platoon mate, a smoker was the first few runners during bmt.

Still young. So lungs are still ok.

After about 20 years of a pack a day smoking years your lungs will start to get problems.

But initially not so bad.

That's the problem with smoking. It isnt smoking one or two cigarettes that makes it a problem it is years of smoking 20 cigarettes everyday. And people do that because nicotine is damn addictive.