Stop Smoking - thats srsz business 0o

[HappySqurriel]

Porcupine_I said:

HappySqurriel said:

Porcupine_I said:

guess which one is your lung

Just on a side note about this ...

I once talked to a pathologist and he was complaining about CSI myths and other misconceptions people had about his job and he said that one of his biggest annoyances was this exact type of propaganda from anti-smoking groups. His point is that if you live in a major city the amount of smoke and grime in everyone's lungs makes it impossible to determine who is a smoker based on outward appearance of the lungs.

Basically, most of these anti-smoking groups are taking two extreme cases (a two pack a day smoker who works on a loading dock around diesel trucks and someone who lives in an extremely remote rural area) and is using them to scare people.

so, basically he is saying it doesn't matter if you smoke or not and that it is the city that gives you lung cancer? does that really sound reasonable?

ok, two questions:

does he smoke?

and

does he realize by stating this he is actually spreading propaganda as well, just in another direction?

 

oh, and by the way, here is a link comparing city dwellers lungs to smokers lungs, but of course that's all lies and propaganda, right?

http://www.healingtalks.com/health/alternative-healing/detoxification-health/stop-smoking/pictures-of-smokers-and-non-smokers-lungs/

I think you need to re-read what I wrote ... No where did I claim that smoking was healthy, or that just living in a city caused cancer.

Besides that, don't you think that people who breath in air like the following image might end up with grey/black lungs that make it difficult to determine whether they smoke?