Coronavirus: Smokers quit in highest numbers in a decade

Coronavirus: Smokers quit in highest numbers in a decade Aug 2, 2020 15:11:26 GMT

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Post by gameboy on Aug 2, 2020 15:11:26 GMT

Aug 2, 2020 10:32:15 GMT Stammerhead said:

Aug 2, 2020 6:42:11 GMT gameboy said:

Toaster, you are such a zealot on this issue that you can't look at it rationally.

The SCIENTIFIC evidence is that there may be short term protection from the corona virus with nicotine. That's all I'm saying here. Quitting smoking now may put more people at risk. The quitters in the OP are foolish. If they didn't quit 6 months ago there is sure as hell no good reason to quit in the middle of this pandemic.

You see the world in terms of black and white. Shades of religious faith against the SCIENTIFIC evidence here, or what?

Toasty, the earth is not flat.

I think foolish is the wrong term and insulting people is not the way to get the message across. It’s still early days on the benefits of nicotine and (as far as I can see) there haven’t been any explanation of how nicotine helps prevent getting Covid-19. If it’s just nicotine in the body then use patches. If the nicotine has to be directly applied to the lungs then use a less harmful method such as vaping. If there’s more chance of dying from lung cancer than there is of dying from Covid-19 then quit.

White knight!!!

Uh, I didn't insult Toasty. What, by pointing out his pseudo-religious zealotry? I suppose you think the atheists on the Religion board here are insulting religious posters when they post SCIENTIFIC evidence and they are told that faith is all one needs?

No, Stammaman, if you're smoking now and have no symptoms of lung cancer, there is a far greater chance you'll get the corona virus in the next 6 months than die of lung cancer.