RIP "Arnold Horshack "

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Originally Posted by Chris_Lover

I'm really sorry for your uncle. We know the risks, but we are often unable to stop. Talking about marijuana: years ago on one of my forum there was a boy who was desperate since smoking weed created irreversible damages to his brain. He couldn't even play with computer, remember what he studied after just 5 minutes, feel emotions. He was seeking help. The doctor told him there was nothing to do, since a part of his brain cells had died. Drugs are the most stupid and dangerous thing that has ever been created by humans. Even tobacco smoking is dangerous: not tobacco itself, but all the carcinogens that are used in the manufacturing process. There are so many business interests behind cigarettes, so today industries are decreasing tobacco's dosage and increasing nicotine and carcinogens dosage: in this way people become addicted to smoking (due to nicotine), they can't stop and companies get richer, despite more people is dying of cancer.
Some people denounce tobacco companies when a relative dies of cancer: if you smoke, you do it at your own risk. Today we all know very well the risks of smoke, drugs and alcohol abuse, so in my opinion it's a senseless thing to do. At the same time, even if we have all the knowledge to lead a healthy lifestyle, sometimes it's not so easy: even in the food we eat everyday there are toxins, hormones and other substances that damage our health and may reveal carcinogenic. There are people who don't smoke, don't eat meat (specially pork), don't drink alcoholic, don't use makeup containing lead, cadmium and almost other 515 harmful chemical additives, don't use their mobile phone every moment or for hours, but they also develop cancer. We just have to go out and breathe the toxic air pollutants to get sick. And if more people get cancer and spend more money in health care and medical drugs, other companies get richer. It's all a business and we are all manipulated! It's like they say: "Oh, you don't smoke? Don't worry, you'll have to eat so in a way or another you will assimilate these substances. In a way or another you will need to buy medical drugs".
We all know these things and this is a quite complex and dangerous topic to be discussed in a forum, so I'll stop here (even because I went off topic).

Thank you about my Uncle Bob.

I never got caught up on the smoking habit.My parents did plus my late sister did.

Thats what not killed them but it didn't help their health.

My other uncle is now on the portable tank now.He was a heavy smoker.