Monday, July 17, 2006

Did you know....



that smoking is bad for you? Do you think smoking will help you deal with life's little problems? Well, the sad truth is, that smoking will only create problems that will and can haunt you for life. Here. Let me show you. Look to the right here. The top lung is a smoker's lung and the bottom is not.

If that's not enough to keep you reading, look at this site here.

Wanna know some fun facts to know and tell about smoking? Well good, cause sit back, relax, and if you're a smoker, think about the damage that's been done by your cancer sticks today alone. Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it isn't there.

  • Smoking is the leading cause of STROKES, and STROKES are the 3rd leading cause of death! So yay for you, you're on your way to drooling like a vegetable on some lettuce. Good for you!
  • For those of you who are eyeball sensitive, you have a TWO TO THREE times higher chance of developing CATARACTS in your eyes b/c of smoking. So when you're drooling, you'll be running into stuff too.
  • Smoking causes throat cancer, larynx cancer and cancer of the esphogaus; so maybe if you're lucky, you'll develop all 3 at the same time!
  • Smokers are more likely to have upper respiratory infections, and more likely to have colds, coughs, etc.
  • Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the US. Smoking causes your lungs to shrink, causing less oxygen to get into your lungs, heart, brain and body in general. You have smaller breathing capacity and cannot do as much physical exertion. You also have a pesky smoker's cough that is OH SO ATTRACTIVE.
  • Smoking can cause coronorary heart disease, lead to congestive heart failure, causes hardening of the arteries, and can cause aortic aneurysms; that's when blood can't get to your heart, kind of like a stroke of the heart. Yay for you! Not only is it extremely painful, but in some of these cases, death and suffering can last for YEARS, while your lungs SLOWLY fill up with fluid, your heart slowly slows down, and your legs swell b/c of water retention, you can't sleep b/c you're so fluidy, and you will have no energy; walking up stairs will be a dream you once had. You'll be nothing more than a lump of bones and flesh waiting to die.
  • Smoking causes stomach cancer. Yum!
  • Smoking causes kidney cancer.
  • Smoking causes bladder cancer (so you'll not only drool on yourself, but you'll sporatically urinate on yourself too. Now that's what I call ooh baby).
  • Smoking causes pancreatic cancer
  • Not only ALL THIS, but smoking makes you smell and taste like an ashtray. It's not attractive and a cop out way of dealing with whatever it is it helps you deal with. If you want to have oral fixations on something, pick up a straw, a stick of gum, a popsicle. Something.
But do it now and do it soon. Because tomorrow you may be dead.

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