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OT - Congratulations to all who have stopped smoking
Your lives are too valuable to be wasted, what ever you do, who ever you
are. Life is just too important to be wasted on such rubbish as tobacco. My mum died in 1991 (May 31) because of her tabacco addiction (that's what it is, afterall) and I held her hand for her last, gasping, struggling breaths. While her death was totally avoidable, the damage it did to her family and friends, especially her childred (my sister, brother and I), was incalculable. Your lives are just to important. Final comment. -- Alan Erskine We can get people to the Moon in five years, not the fifteen GWB proposes. Give NASA a real challenge |
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I completely agree with you, Alan. My husband died on February 9, 1986,
of the same cause. -- Joy Life is what happens to you while you are planning to do something else. "Alan Erskine" wrote in message ... Your lives are too valuable to be wasted, what ever you do, who ever you are. Life is just too important to be wasted on such rubbish as tobacco. My mum died in 1991 (May 31) because of her tabacco addiction (that's what it is, afterall) and I held her hand for her last, gasping, struggling breaths. While her death was totally avoidable, the damage it did to her family and friends, especially her childred (my sister, brother and I), was incalculable. Your lives are just to important. Final comment. -- Alan Erskine We can get people to the Moon in five years, not the fifteen GWB proposes. Give NASA a real challenge |
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"Yoj" wrote in message
ink.net... I completely agree with you, Alan. My husband died on February 9, 1986, of the same cause. -- Joy Such a pointless loss. I personally don't know why tobacco isn't banned - more people die each year from tobacco related illnesses than _ever_ died from asbestos related illnesses. In Australia, 18,000 people die each year from tobacco related illnesses - on a per capita basis, the U.S. would be losing 261,000 people. Horrifying. When mum died, I did some research into the subject - 70% of all gangrenous amputations (toes, fingers, feet, hands etc) are tobacco related - it affects the blood flow. Asopheageal cancer, brain tumours, heart attacks, strokes, stomach cancer, liver disease, kidney disease ad infinitum.... -- Alan Erskine We can get people to the Moon in five years, not the fifteen GWB proposes. Give NASA a real challenge |
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Since you're in Oz, I excuse you for not realizing the political power of
BigBidness (i.e. tobacco product companies and their diversifications, oil, etc.) when you inquire why such a lethal substance continues to be legal and receive gov't subsidies here. I don't see this changing in our lifetimes. "Alan Erskine" wrote in message ... : "Yoj" wrote in message : ink.net... : I completely agree with you, Alan. My husband died on February 9, 1986, : of the same cause. : : -- : Joy : : : Such a pointless loss. I personally don't know why tobacco isn't banned - : more people die each year from tobacco related illnesses than _ever_ died : from asbestos related illnesses. In Australia, 18,000 people die each year : from tobacco related illnesses - on a per capita basis, the U.S. would be : losing 261,000 people. Horrifying. : : When mum died, I did some research into the subject - 70% of all gangrenous : amputations (toes, fingers, feet, hands etc) are tobacco related - it : affects the blood flow. Asopheageal cancer, brain tumours, heart attacks, : strokes, stomach cancer, liver disease, kidney disease ad infinitum.... : : -- : Alan Erskine : We can get people to the Moon in five years, : not the fifteen GWB proposes. : Give NASA a real challenge : : : |
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Neither do I. :-(
-- Joy Life is what happens to you while you are planning to do something else. "Hopitus2" wrote in message ... Since you're in Oz, I excuse you for not realizing the political power of BigBidness (i.e. tobacco product companies and their diversifications, oil, etc.) when you inquire why such a lethal substance continues to be legal and receive gov't subsidies here. I don't see this changing in our lifetimes. "Alan Erskine" wrote in message ... : "Yoj" wrote in message : ink.net... : I completely agree with you, Alan. My husband died on February 9, 1986, : of the same cause. : : -- : Joy : : : Such a pointless loss. I personally don't know why tobacco isn't banned - : more people die each year from tobacco related illnesses than _ever_ died : from asbestos related illnesses. In Australia, 18,000 people die each year : from tobacco related illnesses - on a per capita basis, the U.S. would be : losing 261,000 people. Horrifying. : : When mum died, I did some research into the subject - 70% of all gangrenous : amputations (toes, fingers, feet, hands etc) are tobacco related - it : affects the blood flow. Asopheageal cancer, brain tumours, heart attacks, : strokes, stomach cancer, liver disease, kidney disease ad infinitum.... : : -- : Alan Erskine : We can get people to the Moon in five years, : not the fifteen GWB proposes. : Give NASA a real challenge : : : |
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"Alan Erskine" had some very interesting
things to say about OT - Congratulations to all who have stopped smoking: When mum died, I did some research into the subject - 70% of all gangrenous amputations (toes, fingers, feet, hands etc) are tobacco related - it affects the blood flow. I would think diabetic complications would account for a higher percentage of this. -- "The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL |
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