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08 Nov 12
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Me - smoker
Father - smoked
Mother -non-smoker
Eldest daughter - packed up when she got pregnant, started again, stopped for second pregnancy, not re-started
^^ her husband - light smoker
Youngest daughter - never smoked
^^ her husband - never smoked
Sister - packed up when she got pregnant
Sisters husband - chimney
Eldest niece - non-smoker
Eldest nephew - non-smoker
Best mate - packed up about 15 years ago
Mrs Best Mate - smoker
Best mates son and daughter - non-smokers
Mrs SF - smoker
Mother-in-law - chimney
Father-in-law - chimney
Sister-in-law - non-smoker
Brother in law - non-smoker
Youngest niece - non smoker
Neighbours
eiher side - non-smokers
opposite - both smokers
Me - smoker
Father - smoked
Mother -non-smoker
Eldest daughter - packed up when she got pregnant, started again, stopped for second pregnancy, not re-started
^^ her husband - light smoker
Youngest daughter - never smoked
^^ her husband - never smoked
Sister - packed up when she got pregnant
Sisters husband - chimney
Eldest niece - non-smoker
Eldest nephew - non-smoker
Best mate - packed up about 15 years ago
Mrs Best Mate - smoker
Best mates son and daughter - non-smokers
Mrs SF - smoker
Mother-in-law - chimney
Father-in-law - chimney
Sister-in-law - non-smoker
Brother in law - non-smoker
Youngest niece - non smoker
Neighbours
eiher side - non-smokers
opposite - both smokers
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3 out of 4 of my grandparents smoked
Mother - quit about 30 years ago Father - smoker If you were from the South Wales Valleys or the East End, wotking class and born before the war, it's odds-on you'd be a smoker |
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My mother was the eldest of 8. (there was 4 brothers and 4 sisters)
2 of the sisters(including my mum) smoked - both died of cancer in their 60`s. The 2 sisters who do not smoke are still alive. All 4 brothers smoked - All 4 died of heart attacks. Not one reached 70. Me - Non smoker/ ex smoker-smoked for 20 years 2 brothers never smoked Wife - never smoked Brother-in-law small time smoker Father-in-law smoker/big drinker Stepmother-in-law ex smoker Mother-in-law ex smoker Stepfather-in-law ex smoker Pals - not many quitters - either all time smokers or all time non smokers. |
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I think smoking rates are roughly:
now 25% 10 years ago 33% 1970s 50% Don't know about 1940s - 60s but would guess much higher |
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I've never even tried smoking. Not one cigarette.
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Not sure that the government's decision to ban the import of ashtrays is going to reduce smoking rates
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nick, 1.01 your grandfather came from the south wales valley's
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Mother and both maternal grandparents. Aberdare
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Actually, grandmother was from the Rhondda valley (Aberdare's in the Cynon valley)
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SMOKERS!! GET YOUSELF TO TENERIFE...PACKS AVERAGE OUT ABOUT THREE EUROS 4 TWENTY. YOU CAN SMOKE YER SELF SILLY TILL YOUR NEXT TUMOR.
Myself, Id rather do pot. |
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did your grandfathers work at tower nick
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No. A pit called the Werver I think. But that's going back a long, long time
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I didn't say he was a coal miner but he was
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The hypocrisy of it all....ciggies and weed.
Nat King Cole = Such a shame..."he died at such a young age" (smoked 3 packs a day) vs Bob Marley = Good riddance ..."I knew the drugs will get him in the end.. DRUGGIE!!!!" ----------- ....both died of lung cancer before hitting 50. |
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Nick, and 1.01 they stayed at costa del trecco in a caravan for their holidays
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Where's that?
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5 siblings, only one doesn't smoke although I smoke the least out of those that do. Mum and Dad didn't but Dad did have a few when he had a beer in the pub sometimes. All four grandparents smoked like fiends.
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porthcawl nick
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EMR - do we know each other or something?
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dont know nick
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They actually lived near Tower colliery from about 1970 onwards - in Hirwaun
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ask them about costa del trecco. or butty bay has some call it nick.
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talk to you again nick. off out now
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Me, ex-smoker (still have breathing problems 15 years after stopping)
Wife and kid's non-smokers Father- smoker , died of lung cancer in his 50's due to smoking Mother -non-smoker and in decent health for her age Father in law smokes rollies - had his thyroid removed due to cancer last year Mother in law non smoker in reasonable health Brother ex-smoker - went grey at an early age Sister in law smoker - had Breast cancer 3 years ago Brother in law x2 - both smoke and have lost most of their hair in their 30's Sister in laws x2 - don't smoke and in reasonable health Basically if you smoke the chances are your going to get cancer and suffer a lot of pain , if your willing to pay the price or feel you may get lucky then fair enough , everybody has the right to choose. |
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Tinkler
Your family list reads a bit like mine.. There is a very strong division between the health of the smokers and non smokers. |
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Is there a link between smoking and hair loss?
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No, I've got hair.
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do you smoke after smoke? no idea. ive never looked.
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bollocks! try again!
do you smoke after sex? no idea, ive never looked. it really wasnt worth the effort!  |
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Correct
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I agree
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None here.
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Never smoked and nor have any of my close friends or family. In fact I can't recall anybody ever having had a single cigarette in my house or my parents house when growing up as a child.
I'm convinced much of it is down to peer pressure. To fit in when we were kids you had to go to the football so everyone went. In other groups it is smoking or music etc. |
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How have all the smokers who have given up got in their old age?
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Smoking is only for Mongs and people who can't control themselves I think.
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Father in law smokes rollies - had his thyroid removed due to cancer last year
I thought rollies were the safest option! |
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Nat King Cole = Such a shame..."he died at such a young age" (smoked 3 packs a day)
vs Bob Marley = Good riddance ..."I knew the drugs will get him in the end.. DRUGGIE!!!!" ....both died of lung cancer before hitting 50. I think you will find Bob Marley had cancer of the toe and Danny Baker is to blame.... |
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HARMFUL CHEMICALS IN CIGARETTES
Chemical Description Benzene (petrol additive) A colourless cyclic hydrocarbon obtained from coal and petroleum, used as a solvent in fuel and in chemical manufacture - and contained in cigarette smoke. A It known carcinogen associated with leukaemia. Formaldehyde (embalming fluid) A colourless liquid, highly poisonous, used to preserve dead bodies - also found in cigarette smoke. Known to cause cancer, respiratory, skin and gastrointestinal problems. Ammonia (toilet cleaner) Used as a flavouring, frees nicotine from tobacco turning it into a gas Often found in dry cleaning fluids. Acetone (nail polish remover) Fragrant volatile liquid ketone, used as a solvent, for example, nail polish remover Found in cigarette smoke. Tar Particulate matter drawn into lungs when you inhale on a lighted cigarette. Once inhaled, smoke condenses and about 70 per cent of the tar in the smoke is deposited in the smoker's lungs. Nicotine (insecticide/addictive drug) One of the most addictive substances known to man, a powerful and fast-acting medical and non-medical poison. This is the chemical which causes addiction. Carbon Monoxide (CO) (car exhaust fumes) An odourless, tasteless and poisonous gas, rapidly fatal in large amounts The same gas that comes out of car exhausts The main gas in cigarette smoke, formed when the cigarette is lit Others Arsenic (rat poison) Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chamber poison |
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Your friends and relatives have some weird names.
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