my friend says she'd rather have her sons smoke cigarettes than pot. I disagree. what say you ?
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She is messed up with that kind of thinking.\n\nCoach
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I would not be okay with my child smoking anything.\nI would want them to be upfront with me about it.\n\nMy grandmother died of oral cancer after years of dipping snuff, so I have an aversion to any tobacco and smoking anything of any sort, even weed.
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If it's still registering in your system and they find cause to check you, then yes.\n\nYou should have stopped before you became pregnant.  Children deserve better than a pothead for a parent.  Seriously.  I partied when I was younger, but I can't imagine smoking pot after having children. Good grief, you're a grown up now.  Use your head.
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well, I'm very anti drug, but I think alcohol is far worse than marijuana, I think it should be legal, taxed and sold just like alcohol is, what a person does in his or her own home is their own business as long as it hurts noone
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I wouldn't say it is "just as harmful," because there are similarities and differences. No matter what kind of smoke it is, it's no good for your lungs. Cigarettes, however, leave tar and nasty stuff in your lungs. Weed leaves a residue, but not as much... unless you smoke a whole lot of weed! Anyway, cigarettes cause more physical damage to a person's body, whereas marijuana causes mental and genetic effects. Marijuana changes a persons DNA, therefore a heavy pothead could produce a child with mental, physical, and/or developmental disorders, where a 2 pack a day cigarette smoker may only produce a child with a weakened immune system and athsma. I hope I helped.
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Decriminalized yes.  Legalized no.  I agree with most of your arguments and have three sons all over age of 21 who I have told a number of times that I would prefer that they smoke dope in place of drinking any day of the week.
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no smoking. i hate when i have to be around people that smoke. i hate the smell and somethimes it burns my eyes. but if i had to pick i would say after
87795
it's not stoners i dislike, it is pot heads. yes there is a difference. stoners just like to get stoned. pot heads smoke 24/7, and are lazy.
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You need to check your research (Oh, you didn't do any?  Wow); marijuana is far more harmful than tobacco.  Just the smoke alone is way more detrimental to your body than conventional cigarettes.  And furthermore, pot impairs your judgement; tobacco does not.  Personally I don't care if marijuana is legalized, but to say cigarettes are more harmful is just foolish, which would make sense, since you're a fool.  But why am I even telling you this?  You'll just Best Answer whoever agrees with you the most, regardless of how convincing their answer even is.
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Nonsmoker: I'm under 18 and already I know that smoking is REALLY BAD!!! I hate it. I know a lot of things by joining after school groups and they teach about in school sometimes. I would never really want to be around someone who smokes, unless they are family or really close friends.
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Wow... i smoke but i go outside and change clothing when i come back in so my kids wont be around it. Your mom sounds like one tuff lady. have you voiced your concern to her about YOUR HEALTH? if not you should. If she still doesnt want to stop you could always move out or make her move out if it bothers you that much. Geez i cant beleave how stubborn your mom is. I dont see the big deal on going outside to smoke. I feel for you. \n\nGood Luck. one more thought maybe you could show her one of those videos about what happens to your body when you smoke and you could start crying while watching it with her and tell her you dont want her to end up with cancer and die.
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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.
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No Clue\n\nAnd why do you let your friend smoke pot\n\nDo you smoke
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we have a smoking ban in my state. if it had taken place a year and a half ago I would have been really mad. but I dont smoke anymore, so it does not effect me. now I just think about my kid. I dont want to go to a resteraunt and have my kid sit it all of the cigarette smoke. I think that if there are plenty of areas that smokers can go to smoke, then it is ok. but to not be considerate of them too is rude and I view it to be an infringements on your rights.
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Frankly, I don't think either of your choices adequately describes smokers.\nEveryone should be held responsible for their choices in life; so, the fact that tobacco companies make a dangerous product does not excuse smokers from suffering the effects of using it.  No tobacco company is forcing anyone to smoke.  Even though I have never smoked, and think it is the filthiest habit around, I also think that freedom is infinitely preferable to living in a nanny state.\nNicotine is an extremely addictive drug.  Some say it is harder to kick than heroin.  Those who use it need patience and understanding to kick the habit, not constant derision and insults.  Irony and sarcasm are OK, though...;)\nThe way to stop tobacco use is through education and patience, not laws and ill will.
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Who would you rather share the road with a drunk or a stoner. Potheads dont beat their wives and generally dont cause the chaos and trouble that bad alcoholics do, the only reason reefer isnt legal and alcohol is, is because the government cant tax it and there are a lot of undercover drunks in Washington.
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I'm 37 my mother smoked (dad wasn't around) I tried it when I was 13 but like Clinton Didn't inhale :D So I didn't get the habit. \nI chose not to smoke because it is a dirty nasty habit.. and just not something I'd want to spend my money on.  My mother is a 2 pack a day smoker to this day. So she spends more than 200.00 amonth on cigarettes. What a waste. Her skin looks like hell, and her car stinks. Gross.  BTW she is overweight.. as am I and you are right.. why would you want to further decrease your lung capacity?