Some Good News About Smoking

[Ernesto]

(snip) People with graduate degrees smoke least of all -- 7 percent of them. In other words, if I can say this without offending anyone, the dumbest people smoke the most. Maybe it would be politically correct to say "the smartest people smoke the least."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/18/60minutes/rooney/main696263.shtml

[etherealtruth]

1. Perhaps, the "least educated" smoke the most ...

...obtaining a masters degree is, for many, far too expensive.

[Psephos]

2. Not sure I buy the underlying assumption

Namely, that there is a straight correlation between being smart and having a graduate degree.

Frankly, some of the dumbest people I know have long academic resumes.

Peace.

[CBGLuthier]

3. You confuse education with intelligence

The only truth that could be taken from this research is that POORER people tend to smoke more.

POORER people also tend to be educated less.

But POORER people are not all the "dumbest" people.

I know of a very famous educated man who is one of the dumbest fucking people on the planet. Oh, and he is wealthy too. Any guesses?

[Toots]

12. Are you suggesting very intelligent people choose smoking?

I think that is hilarious if you mean that.

[CBGLuthier]

14. How lovingly condescending of you

Yes, Virginia, very intelligent people do smoke. I know quite a few of them.

Do you honestly believe that being intelligent will keep you from making mistakes?

Ever heard of any smart people who overdosed?

Ever heard of any smart people who just had enough and blew their fucking brains out.

[freeplessinseattle]

18. agreed. many doctors smoke, as a matter of fact n/t

[Ernesto]

22. fact? n/t

[freeplessinseattle]

23. well, maybe just in Seattle. it is a grey city

[Theres-a]

4. Hmmmmm

:popcorn:

[trof]

5. And nicotine prevents Alzheimer's.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Smokers are statistically less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, researchers say. A new study published in a journal of the American Chemical Society Tuesday went even farther, suggesting that nicotine could actually prevent the brain-destroying disease.
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9610/22/nfm/alzheimers/

:-)

[leetrisck]

6. All people make dumb remarks

dumb asses are dumb asses any way you look at it and it matters not if you have a degree.

[TahitiNut]

7. Smirk has an MBA. Smirk doesn't smoke. Gee - that's good enough for me.

:eyes: :puke:

[tridim]

11. Actually I've read several times that he does smoke cigars

I used to smoke because it's highly addictive, it has nothing to do with education.

[porphyrian]

8. Graduate degrees do not equal intelligence.

Not all people with them are smart, and not all smart people have them. I think the real correlation is with the poor, who are also less likely to get graduate degrees than people who are better off.

[seabeyond]

9. was that fun. make you all warm and fuzzy.

in so many ways, this post, just sounds stupid. how many packs do you smoke a day

[Ernesto]

10. Try this....................

(snip) An interesting thing about smoking statistics, 42 percent of those who don't graduate from high school smoke, but only 12 percent of college graduates smoke.

[progressivebydesign]

13. Without insulting anyone. The facts are...

the less education you have, the more likely you are to smoke. People of all intelligences can become addicted to things like that, of course, but smoking is truly a self-anesthesizing behavior that appeals to people who are disproportionately uneducated and less accomplished.

I mean, if you know that doing something over and over every day would 1) cost you thousands a year with no benefit 2) damage your health and take years off of your life 3) make you smell bad 4) endanger those around you whenever engage in it around them... then wouldn't it make sense that less educated people would be unable to do the benefits vs. risk assessment right there?

[freeplessinseattle]

20. get a clue. have you any idea how many people are well aware

of the facts and continue smoking? including doctors. maybe being less educated also means more stress, less hope for the future, "what's the point?" type of thinking.

It is not your place to judge.

[Ron Green]

15. It doesn't take a graduate degree to figure out that

spending more than 10% of your gross income on cigarettes is not a smart thing to do.

[leeroysphitz]

16. aLl thes tallk a-Bout smocken makess me want a

sigurat. but I hav to git bak too class at commmunetee cawlige...

If only I were a smart person with a shiny graduate degree, then I could quit smoking but I guess I'm just to dumb.

You need to rethink your conclusions and maybe your means of appraising the intelligence of others as well.

[Geo55]

17. Duh.......

I smoke , and I consider myself fairly intelligent.....High School...electronics trade school.....let's all sit in the corner & masturbate.....hurricane Rita if it reaches it's potential will most likely BUST us as a nation.....smoke 'em if ya got 'em.

[burythehatchet]

19. I always wonder why smoking among nurses is so prevalent

prehaps its the stress levels.

[Ernesto]

21. Mrs Ernesto is a RN

Consequently, we have many friends in the medical industry. In my experience, a smoking nurse is extremely rare.
..... Smoke'm if you got'm....