I’m Not Gonna Give Smokers Too Much Grief…
We hear a lot about the burden smokers place on the health care system. I mean, they are active participants in a habit that will eventually destroy their health and possibly kill them. But they keep on smoking.
Now, for the record, I’m not a smoker. Never have been. Also, I detest the habit. I hate the way it makes your clothes stink and I don’t want it happening around my kids. I believe all public places should be smoke-free and smokers don’t have the right to force me to inhale their nasty smoke.
BUT…I’m not willing to start charging them more for health care or berating them for their eventual treatments that are going to cost a lot of money in their later years, large portions of which will probably be paid by Medicare. Why? Because most of us are doing just as much damage to our systems by being fat. I’ll probably have a stroke by the end of this post. I eat fried foods all the time. I DON’T work out. AT ALL. I may have high blood pressure and it’s untreated. How can I throw stones at smokers?
Now, I could get on some of the best weight loss supplements on the market and work out and get fit, but then I could just as easily pick up another bad habit, say drinking and destroy my liver.
I’m just saying…we all have vices. Get off the smoker’s backs.
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September 23rd, 2009 at 12:15 am
I agree with this. Neither Mike nor I are smokers. He has respiratory issues due to both his parents smoking like chimneys when he was a kid. He’s also allergic to cigarette smoke. So we’re definitely in favor of smoking bans in restaurants, bars, etc. Fortunately all six New England states have such bans in place.
On the other hand, he has diabetes and congestive heart failure. His meds and various hospitalizations have cost Blue Cross thousands, but they have never raised our rates. I’m sure this was caused by life choices, eating and drinking too much, being overweight, and such.
The only difference between us and the smokers is that what we do doesn’t affect others. But when smokers blow smoke in our faces every change they get, by hanging out 2 inches from the entrance of an establishment, that’s a problem.
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September 23rd, 2009 at 10:54 am
This is such a touchy subject, and although I HATE, HATE, HATE smoke with a passion, I dearly love several friends and family members who are smokers…despite my whining. I say “Amen!” to Christine’s last paragraph!
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September 29th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
It is possible to give up smoking. It is not possible to give up food. Makes it much harder to eat well and stay thin. Plus, no one suffers from second hand Big Mac and Large Fry.
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