Beneficial effects of smoking
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Beneficial effects of smoking
Tobacco has sometimes been reported to have some positive health effects, presumably due to the effects of nicotine on the nervous system.
Most notably, some studies have found that patients with Alzheimer's Disease are more likely not to have smoked than the general population, which has been interpreted to suggest that smoking offers some protection against Alzheimer's.
However, the research in this area is limited and the results are mixed. Some studies show that smoking increases the risk of Alzheimer's Disease.
A recent review of the available scientific literature concluded that the apparent decrease in Alzheimer risk may be simply due to the fact that smokers tend to die before reaching the age at which Alzheimer normally occurs.
"Differential mortality is always likely to be a problem where there is a need to investigate the effects of smoking in a disorder with very low incidence rates before age 75 years, which is the case of Alzheimer's disease", it stated, noting that smokers are only half as likely as non-smokers to survive to the age of 80.
Some studies have found that smoking is associated with:
A protective effect of current smoking in Parkinson's disease, although the authors stated that it was more likely that the movement disorders which are part of Parkinson's disease prevented people from being able to smoke than that smoking itself was protective.
A protective effect in ulcerative colitis, although it increases the risk of Crohn's disease, the other form of inflammatory bowel disease.
There is some evidence for decreased rates of endometriosis in infertile women, although other studies have found that smoking increases the risk in infertile women.
There is little or no evidence of a protective effect in fertile women.
Some preliminary data from 1996 suggested a reduced incidence of fibroids but overall the evidence is unconvincing.
There is limited evidence that it reduces the incidence of hypertension during pregnancy, but not when the pregnancy is with more than one baby (i.e. it has no effect on twins etc.).
Smoking does, however, increase the likelihood of almost every other pregnancy-related health risk to both mother and child, and is the single most preventable cause of illness and death among mothers and infants.
A very large percentage of schizophrenics smoke tobacco as a form of self medication. -
great, l will smoke more then.
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liddat then smoking is as good as nt smoking lo..u smoke u will get lung cancer n stuff..then u dun smoke get alzhimier wa lau..
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If you wanna smoke, put your balls on the line and smoke like it's nobody's business. Dun need t come up with all this things to erase/counter the worries of dying.
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NPNT
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I ALL...
i know there are a lot of smokers out there that are having a hard time trying to stop smoking to no avail..
But why take the risk of losing the chance to be with your love one?? All of you may think that if u are really so unlucky, any time could be knock down by cars or so on...but its all excuses..
i admit i was a smoker b4 when i was 16-18....btw i 25 now..
u know something, my dad passed away due to Lung cancer.. u may think it may not happen to u but think twice, would u want to take the risk of increasing the chance of u being infected with cancer??
u really bear to leave behind your love ones crying?? your parents, Gf, wife, siblings, friends.....there are still so much things for everyone of us to do..so why take the risk???
i had since quitted smoking, You all may only see the pictures but u all never seen real people suffer from cancer...the feeling is so terrible u know? if u really love your love ones so pls try to stop smoking it can be done de...don say cannot...
i had to work 2 jobs and study at the same time for the past few years to support my family, i don have my father around to support anymore, i lost my Gf because i don have time for her......if u all know how i feel pls stop smoking and think of your love ones...its not u who suffer , its the people besides u all -
Aww, sad to hear that from you. Life's like that, you'd sure get f**ked up by life eventually, just that in what way....but true enough, smoking has its own side-effects, which mostly are negative ones, so I guess once you pick up, don't regret.Originally posted by alantic82:I ALL...
i know there are a lot of smokers out there that are having a hard time trying to stop smoking to no avail..
But why take the risk of losing the chance to be with your love one?? All of you may think that if u are really so unlucky, any time could be knock down by cars or so on...but its all excuses..
i admit i was a smoker b4 when i was 16-18....btw i 25 now..
u know something, my dad passed away due to Lung cancer.. u may think it may not happen to u but think twice, would u want to take the risk of increasing the chance of u being infected with cancer??
u really bear to leave behind your love ones crying?? your parents, Gf, wife, siblings, friends.....there are still so much things for everyone of us to do..so why take the risk???
i had since quitted smoking, You all may only see the pictures but u all never seen real people suffer from cancer...the feeling is so terrible u know? if u really love your love ones so pls try to stop smoking it can be done de...don say cannot...
i had to work 2 jobs and study at the same time for the past few years to support my family, i don have my father around to support anymore, i lost my Gf because i don have time for her......if u all know how i feel pls stop smoking and think of your love ones...its not u who suffer , its the people besides u all
A story for us to learn from... -
smoke all u want, just dun smoke near me can le
Still the bad outweighs the good points -
I'm sorry to hear about that but stop whinning and face it... I hate it when people start pushing the blame once things happened.Originally posted by alantic82:I ALL...
i know there are a lot of smokers out there that are having a hard time trying to stop smoking to no avail..
But why take the risk of losing the chance to be with your love one?? All of you may think that if u are really so unlucky, any time could be knock down by cars or so on...but its all excuses..
i admit i was a smoker b4 when i was 16-18....btw i 25 now..
u know something, my dad passed away due to Lung cancer.. u may think it may not happen to u but think twice, would u want to take the risk of increasing the chance of u being infected with cancer??
u really bear to leave behind your love ones crying?? your parents, Gf, wife, siblings, friends.....there are still so much things for everyone of us to do..so why take the risk???
i had since quitted smoking, You all may only see the pictures but u all never seen real people suffer from cancer...the feeling is so terrible u know? if u really love your love ones so pls try to stop smoking it can be done de...don say cannot...
i had to work 2 jobs and study at the same time for the past few years to support my family, i don have my father around to support anymore, i lost my Gf because i don have time for her......if u all know how i feel pls stop smoking and think of your love ones...its not u who suffer , its the people besides u all
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u get to kill others b4 u die cos u got filter while others got yr second hand smoke
u get to kill yrself slowly over the years, at least u don't die at once
u get to claim compensation from insurance company b4 u die if u ganna lung cancer -
claim how muchOriginally posted by Kenashi:u get to kill others b4 u die cos u got filter while others got yr second hand smoke
u get to kill yrself slowly over the years, at least u don't die at once
u get to claim compensation from insurance company b4 u die if u ganna lung cancer 
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buy S$10m insurance payout plan loh, then at least u get to spend S$10m b4 u dieOriginally posted by Robotics*<3:claim how much -
What the...
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To non smokers...pls dun start!
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smoking is a pleasure for life, don't quit me baby
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point noted.Originally posted by mhcampboy:To non smokers...pls dun start!