Re: Is it legal in your state?

From: Su (._at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/02/04 

Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:30:55 -0600

"Eliyahu Rooff" <lrooff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:jiGrd.450$A8.288@fe06.lga...
> No one has ever claimed that cigarette smoking is the _sole_ cause of
> lung cancer. What has been proved beyond any possible doubt is that
> smokers are far more likely to get it than are non-smokers. Even the
> cigarette industry has finally conceded that point, and the only ones in
> denial are smokers who need to rationalize their habit.

Uh, excuse me ... that's not true for ALL smokers.

I was a smoker who rationalized my attitude in several ways: [1] It relaxes
me, [2] It keeps the weight off, [3] I'm addicted.

But at no time did I ever say I wasn't at risk for lung cancer. But it was
my choice to make and a 50:50 chance at that: I may get lung cancer or I
may not get lung cancer. I basically felt the risk was worth taking, rather
than go through the withdrawal.

Did three times, and the last one stuck (it'll be 12 years on May 6, 2005).

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