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Bernardo de La Paz

(49,010 posts)
4. That was one cigarette. Twenty times that in a pack. 40x in two.
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 03:38 PM
Dec 2013

What would impress you in this area of health care for drug addicts (nicotine)?

 

Dawgs

(14,755 posts)
5. A better demonstration that would convince others to quit.
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 03:50 PM
Dec 2013

I don't think this one does it.

If you do, that's fine.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
11. It doesn't convince me.
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 06:54 PM
Dec 2013

I am will be 75 next month and have been smoking since I was 16, and I am still here. I know it it is going to kill me eventually, but I like cigarettes.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,010 posts)
12. Worse than taking a few years off a person's life is the reduction in quality of life.
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 07:33 PM
Dec 2013

More health care needed, more doctor visits, less ability to taste and enjoy food, smell of smoke others have to endure, less ability to walk due to shortness of breath, ... and much more. All the organs of the body are affected.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,010 posts)
3. "Imaginate"?
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 03:37 PM
Dec 2013

Is that some purposeful cutesy pseudo-word to appeal to "hip" people? Or difficulty with the English language?

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