I was a smoker from age 13 to 40 before i switched to vaping and as i have got older the amount of people i know who continued to smoke and have gone on to get lung cancer means that it is not a coincidence so i have some sympathy with the Governments plans to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes in England by one year every year in a crackdown on smoking until no-one can buy a tobacco product
Currently the legal age to buy tobacco is 18 in the UK so rather than banning them, increasing it annually will mean that anyone who currently smokes will be able continue to do so but the next generation will struggle to get their hands on them.
As a smoker i tried to quit many times and it is very, very hard because of the nicotine addiction so making it increasingly hard to start in the first place makes sense as does the plan to restrict vaping by making it less attractive and again, i find it hard to argue against their arguments
The first is that the e-cigarette companies are aiming their wares at the under 18 market with flavours such as ice cream, bubble gum and candy floss.
The second is that the 'safe' aspect of vaping will tempt people to try smoking who would not have necessarily have and i have already met people who have tried vaping, liked it and then tried a cigarette.
Disposable vapes are already being phased out by the end of the year so there are many things i dislike about the Conservatives but this idea is one i find myself nodding along to because smoking kills and there are many people i know who smoke who i would like to have around for a few more years yet.
Wednesday 4 October 2023
Finally A Good Idea On Smoking
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ehhhh, my dad died of bladder cancer at age 69 - high correlation with smoking. he smoked from age 10 to age 65. he quite cold turkey as sudden cessation was once called.
but i also have relatives that smoked from age 10 to age 80 and died of other causes: heart failure, diabetes, and one was roofing his house at age 86 and fell off to his death...
there is is high correlation, but NOT CAUSATION.
i'm sure there have been studies, but i've never seen one that looked at the other behaviors of people dying of cancer that also smoked. it could be there are a few combinations of behaviors that lead to cancer, not just smoking. the way the press reports things how would we every know?
i did find it interesting when COVID reports came out in the US and the "typical" person that died from COVID was age 70 or older and had FOUR CO-MORBIDITIES. FOUR other things were already killing the typical person that died of COVID. so did COVID kill them? how can you tell? how long would they have lived without COVID? another 5 weeks? who knows?
lot of bullshit was spewed in re COVID. maybe smoking too...
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