10 years ago they discovered that tobacco companies added additives to make it addictive.?
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I don't think any subject has more 'urban legends' than the Evil 'Big-Tobacco'.  2nd ahnd smoke is the biggest of these myths.\n\nCome on people.  You can't believe everything that 'Truth.com' tv ads tell you.  They have an agenda - to make money - just like 'big tobacco'.\n\nThere are not secret additives added to tobacco to make them more addictive.  (however, if you look in the mirror and say 'candyman' three times, a black man will come out of the mirror and slash you to pieces - I saw it on tv, so it must be true)
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the reason this became such a big thing in the 70's was because a study was released showing that smoking caused birth defects, low birth weight, cancer and that the additives in tobbaco were addictive... now why the government got involved when they really don't care about an individual is for the same reason abortion is the big topic these days... political activists...
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I knew all of the risks involved in smoking and started anyway because I simply just wanted to fit in.  Stupid I know, but I am proud to say that I quit smoking 2 years ago.  I also lost someone close to me to cancer.  It was my mother and she died of colon cancer.  She never smoked a day in her life.  Some people die from lung cancer and never smoke either.  Smoking is a highly addictive drug.  Even though people know what could happen to them, they just don't care anymore because the nicotine has control of them.  Its sad, but true.
918791
Hmm.  Well, in Safety Education a million years ago, I learned cigarette *smoke* contains hydrogen cyanide, among other yummy things.
393717
nicotine is a stimulant, that's probally what's making your nose and tounge dry out.
691888
I think almost all cigarettes do this. They create small tears in the lungs to absorb the chemicals faster.
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The tobacco companies are NOT ADDING these chemicals.  The chemicals are simply by products of the chemical process involved in burning anything....\n\n"truth.com" tv ads seem to leave out that part, I belive they chould be called "half-truth.com" because they give just enough information to make tobacco look evil, and leave out the fact that this is a natural occurance of the burning process.\n\nPlease do some unbiased research (forces.org)...then take a look at why they are doing this....
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Sheesh! We'll ignore the fact that you can't spell and your grammar is atrocious. It seems some people are also addicted to putting things in the wrong category, and you appear to be afflicted with that addiction. \nThe reason people are addicted to anything, from smoking and drinking to eating peanut butter, is that when they do so the pleasure center of their brain produces endorphins, which makes them feel good. In an effort to get more of these endorphins, they repeat the action that produced the salubrious result in the first place.
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Tobacco is a poison. If enough of it is ingested in can kill.
1137844
Some people enjoy the added benefit of adding cigarette smoke to the air that has already been pukified by the gaseous smells of poo.
764824
It has a stronger potential to cause cancer than cigs. More tar = carcinogens.
52931
Capitalism - Philip Morris and the like wanting to make profits so they promote a killer habit.\n\nEgotism - kids want to "act cool" so they start a habit that can easily turn to an addiction.
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i think so, at least in the US, where cigarette advertising is now illegal.  I know on TV there are so many anti-smoking ads and no smoking ads. Look at Phillip morris' website. It tells you more about how dangerous their product is than how good it is.  Of course they were forced to do this, and cigarettes are their own advertisement, they are very hard to quit. Funny, its not illegal to advertise nicotine gum, which costs $40 a box
529021
A decade is 10 years.
112714
There are two reasons:\n\n1.  Nicotine (the drug in tobacco) is one of the most addicting drugs around.\n\n2.  Smokers build habits around their smoking.  For example, after eating, with their coffee, taking a break, etc.
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When I was a teen ,I wanted to fit in and be cool.\nTelevision ads were Rampant back then.The ads even implied it made you look sexy,relieved tension ,and tasted good.\nWell it took 33 years to KICK the habit .I did hypnotism ,gums ,cold turkey and Nic o ban .The latter tasted awful. I finally asked my doctor and she gave me Zy-ban ,I made up my mind to quit.The last cigarette was on June 23rd 1998.I Will Not Go Back. I am PROUD of ME.
864044
hahaah I feel the same way. What has happened to today's youth? We spend all our time on the interenet. It the new age cigarettes.