[Salu]

Originally Posted by timewarrior2001

FFS No wonder this place gets people irate,

I suggest you ALL re read my post, not once did i say smoking was not bad for you.
Not once did I say it was perfectly OK to smoke.
Not once did I say I was pro smoking.

Yet you all jumped ot the same conclusion.

I never jumped to that conclusion.

You said

Originally Posted by timewarrior2001

I have smoked on and off since I was 17.
I went to join a gym yesterday and my PEF reading was off the scale, compared to my non smoking partner who could only manage 350, I hit 900 plus.
Thats 900 litres of air an hour apparently, so much for smoking affecting the lungs.

Therefore I asked you...

Originally Posted by Salu

timewarrior2001, I don't know why you should take a one off gym PEFV spirometer reading and conclude that a) smoking ain't affecting your lungs and b) the hundreds of evidence based medical papers that have been produced showing the harmful effects of smoking are pants; but I don't think you are being realistic.

Originally Posted by timewarrior2001

Actually read what I said, It was neither pro smoking nor anti smoking, my post was about the what if's the fact that smoking kills, when in reality it should be smoking MAY kill, smoking MAY cause cancer, smoking MAY damage your unborn baby.

Not true. Smoking Kills, smoking causes cancer, smoking does damage your lungs. FACT. The issue is......not in everyone.

So from your comments about "so much for smoking the lungs", what is your response to the question below?

Originally Posted by etccarmagedden

er ok, so you do accept smoking affects your lungs?

YES or NO?