Why do non-smokers think that smokers don't know that it is bad for them?
401291
I am not sure this is a question exactally...more like you are just frustrated!\nI am a non-smoker, and my husband is a smoker.  I know that smokers know the health risks - I think everyone does!  I guess that people want you to quit because they care about you.  I think that most smokers think "oh it won't happen to ME!"  Just like anything else....people NEVER think something is going to happen to them - or the health risks won't affect THEM!\nbut to be honest....I want my husband to quit, and I tell him that a lot.  I think that in some ways for him it is a selfish act.  Does he want to die of lung cancer and leave a wife and young children behind?  does he want to have health complications and not be able to live the life he wants?  I want him to quit because I care about him and our future together....\nMaybe thats why people bug you about it too....not to nag at you, but to let you know they want you around and smoking can hinder your life - even if YOU think it will NEVER happen to you.....
309205
Just tell them what can happen if they don't stop smoking. Do they have little children in the house? It could also cause problems for the children down the road. But if the person don't want to quit then you have done your job. Where do you practice? I am looking for a new Dr. Gl on getting that person to listen.
903479
Did you ever think that smokers are sick to death of being lectured about our choice to pursue a perfectly legal activity? \n\nI'll make this really easy for you to understand.\n\nThere are plenty of things that are bad for you.\n\n- Exhaust fumes, but I'm guessing that won't stop you from driving or riding in cars.\n- Fast food (cholesterol) but I'm guessing that won't stop you from eating it.\n- Salt, grease, fat, etc.\n- Caffeine ... drink pop or coffee lately? How about tea?\n- Alcohol .... kills your liver, alters brain activity, causes more deaths in a single year from drunk driving accidents than most small wars)\n- Hair spray, aerosol material, numerous other household products.\n- Most brands of paint\n- Inhaling dust particles\n\nGet the idea? \n\nIf a smoker chooses to smoke, as an adult, they have every LEGAL right do so without being hounded by hypocrites who preach about the dangers of smoking yet hop in their cars and pollute the air.
780922
I'm guessing most don't smoke, why?  \n\n1) Why waste their own money by spending money for a cig? Even if they are CEO they still got to pay for their cigs, and if they don't they lose a profit of 1 cig..\n\n2) They know what are in thoses and what they're designed to do, you don't even want to know.. But you have to.. They are not going to put that thing in their mouth, they know what goes in there.. Very nasty and scary..
912152
Smoking is bad for your health - period.
969502
I do I smoke and have smoked since I was 18 years old. I don't intend to quit. I like it. I am a nurse and know first hand the dangers of smoking and the health risks. I may(probably will) have to suffer the consequences of my actions(health wise) but ain't it good to live in a country (at least for now anyway) where I have the right to wreck my health if I choose to do so???
809012
I am a nonsmoker but I support smoking. Medical tests have shown an increase and that people are more likely but it has not been straight proven. As for the rest it is because we, as Americans, are too concerned with what is trendy. Right now it is trendy not to smoke and to jump on the "let's blame the smokers bandwagon". It's easy.
1065140
Simply because of our learning.\nWe could smoke because of we've conditioned ourselves to by thinking for example:\nBy going to the pub, you associate it with relaxing because you are chilled out and so you feel relaxed. One day when you goto the pub, you smoke, which also provides you with relaxation since you are at the pub, however later you associate smoking with relaxing because you think that the smoking originally relaxed you, when as a matter of fact it didnt. \n\nYou could also smoke because of positive reinforcement. Smoking may be reinforced if it is associated with social acceptance. It has been found that teenagers are more likely to smoke if they have friends who smoke, obviously because smoking acts as a reinforcement since social groups may accept you.\n\nLastly, people could also smoke by observing significant others such as the media, parents, brothers or sisters etc. By observing, they learn that this act is 'cool' or accepting or whatever, therefore they start to smoke. \n\nHope it helps you. I just did my psychology exam and it covered that so thought I should share it with you :)
712543
Actually, I don't think they should stop to prevent people from smoking. That should be a personal choice that the person should make on their own behalf. This is a free country and people jump down tobacco product companies throats for what reason? Because the smoking population spends their own money on cigs. So personally, I am no smoker but I am not tempted to buy cigarettes no matter what the commercial says. If that's what an individual wants to do w/ their then so be it. If that's the case then we should stop making alcohol, we should shut these fast foods joints down, etc.... so really, smoking and lung cancer is a matter of choice.
903970
Yes and no!! Yes because we know they are not REALLY concerned for our health!  No because,as smokers,we KNOW the tax we have to pay,but we CHOOSE to pay it!! So ask yourself,who are the real mugs?? I know I am! The budget is due shortly,yet another increase....................\nmoan......moan........moan!!!!!!\n      *********Just a note************\n As Alchohol levels reach record high, misuse among all age groups is estimated to cost the NHS pounds 1.7bn a year. !!!!\nSo smokers are NOT the only ones!!!!!! How many of you on here, condeming smokers, drink?????????? Hypocritical???????
160313
I used to be a smoker, and I can understand why it would upset smokers alike, but now that I've quit, I would have to say it's a good thing not only for non-smokers but for smokers as well.
577478
I couldn't agree with you more! I am totally against the whole smoking thing. I have never tried a cigg. Sure, just like other teenagers i've been offered a cigg and went through peer pressure but I stayed strong and said no. My grandfather died when I was 8 years old from lung cancer because he smoked so much and that made me learn. I loved him a lot and used to spend so much time with him and my grandma and when he died I was crushed and i've been so against smoking ever since. People shouldn't wait until somebody close to them dies from smoking to learn how bad it is because by then it might be too late. Oh, and to the people who start smoking and then quit sure I'm glad that they quit but it's their fault they started smoking in the first place. Nobody can make anyone do anything. So I definitely have more respect for those who never started.
978223
The problem is, the data isn't conclusive. While there are people who have died from lung cancer who never smoked, there are also people who work around smokers all the time (in a bar for example) who are perfectly healthy. So, the question is - were these non-smokers exposed to something else and/or simply, unfortunately, susceptable to developing cancer (because it ran in the family, for example)?
614883
They don't.  There is nowhere to on a death certificate to indicate smoking related illnesses.  The 'statistics' are made up.\n\nThe WHO (World Health Organization) has a computer program called SAMMEC 3.0 that 'estimates' smoking related death, however they report these numbers as if they are hard facts collected from morgues across the world.  Yet another misrepresentation of facts by the anti-tobacco cartel.\n\nHere is something interesting to do...do some research on the oldest people in the world....you will find out that ALL of them are smokers....any one that holds an age record is also a smoker.
559478
Somking is stupid because it is basically a slower form of suicide. You will eventually die from it and everyone who does smoke always says "Yeah, I know I should quit," or "I should have quit a long time ago."  Also, smokers stink, their teeth get dull and yellow, their hair gets brittle, they cough up blood. It is just disgusting.  No, I don't smoke
626997
I'll tell you a secret the government doesn't want you to know.  Not all smokers die of lung cancer at an early age.  In fact, not all of them get it.  Some people actually smoke all their lives and develop no health problems at all and still live to a ripe old age.  Oh, sure, people do get sick from it, but not everyone.  Yeah, odds are you'll live to 40 and well beyond.
997
That's your body telling you that cigarette smoke is bad.  Tell people not to smoke around you.