Coronavirus: Smokers quit in highest numbers in a decade

Coronavirus: Smokers quit in highest numbers in a decade Aug 2, 2020 16:41:06 GMT

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Post by gameboy on Aug 2, 2020 16:41:06 GMT

Aug 2, 2020 16:00:08 GMT Stammerhead said:

Aug 2, 2020 15:11:26 GMT gameboy said:

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.

You keep insulting the anti-smoking majority by comparing them to an anti-scientific religious cult and you (mildly) insult people who have just given up smoking by calling them foolish. If it was proven that smoking saves lives and they are cutting short their own by jumping on to the religious cult bandwagon then, yes, they are foolish. But at the moment it’s like calling people fools because they step on cracks in the pavement/sidewalk.

First, the majority here may not smoke, but that doesn't mean they are rabid anti-smokers. Most people believe "live and let live" and they don't worry that a waft of second-hand smoke from a burning plant leaf will kill them.

Second, since when is disagreeing with people an insult? Sorry, anyone is a fool if they quit smoking now and increase their risk of getting the corona virus. This stuff is not rocket science.

Sheesh. This is like trying to explain reality to Muslim fundamentalists.

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