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posted by n1 on Tuesday January 01 2019, @07:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the blowing-smoke dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Public Health England (PHE) has released a new film showing the devastating harms that come from smoking, and how this can be avoided by switching to an e-cigarette or using another type of quit aid.

The film has been released as part of PHE’s Health Harms campaign, which encourages smokers to attempt to quit this January, by demonstrating the personal harm to health from every single cigarette.

The film features smoking expert Dr Lion Shahab and Dr Rosemary Leonard, visually demonstrating the high levels of cancer-causing chemicals and tar inhaled by an average smoker over a month, compared to not smoking or using an e-cigarette.

The results of the demonstration visually illustrate the stark contrast between the impacts of smoking and vaping. Research estimates that while not risk-free, vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking.

Around 2.5 million adults are using e-cigarettes in England, and they have helped thousands of people successfully quit – but many smokers (44%) either believe that vaping is as harmful as smoking (22%) or don’t know that vaping poses much lower risks to health (22%).

-- submitted from IRC


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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @08:04PM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @08:04PM (#780694)

    If you had any will power, you would not need a crutch like vaping, you semiliterate ( "I don't cough no more" ) fucktard.

    Vaping is for pussy boys.

    MEN just quit smoking, without a crutch or any whining.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 01 2019, @08:52PM (7 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 01 2019, @08:52PM (#780713) Journal

    Why do so many of you macho men use "pussy" as an insult? Are you trying to tell us you don't like pussy very much? Maybe you'd prefer to smoke (a pole) instead? :D

    --
    I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
    • (Score: -1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @09:19PM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @09:19PM (#780726)

      Why do so many of you macho men use "pussy" as an insult?

      Because women derive their strength from compulsions and peer pressure while men derive it from fear and hate. So a man is expected to dread and despise a dependence while nothing but random fixation on superficial values in the form of virtue signaling is expected of women.

      So, a man's vice can be a woman's virtue. And vice a versa.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @09:37PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @09:37PM (#780736)

        Vices and virtues . . . you mean that someone crushed your head in a vice, and you consider that to be a virtue?

      • (Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @09:38PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @09:38PM (#780737)

        That was an unexpectedly good post out of nowhere..

      • (Score: 5, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:11AM (1 child)

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:11AM (#780836) Journal

        If you actually believe this, *seek professional help.* That is fucking diseased.

        --
        I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:51AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:51AM (#780852)

          He's pretty much right as far as societal expectations go though. Not saying that those expectations are right.

    • (Score: 5, Informative) by dwilson on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:37AM (1 child)

      by dwilson (2599) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:37AM (#780846) Journal

      Why do so many of you macho men use "pussy" as an insult?

      Because they're ignorant and don't realise that it's derived from pusillanimous [wiktionary.org]. How and why 'pussy' also became slang for 'vagina' is a discussion for another time.

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      - D
      • (Score: 4, Insightful) by GeminiDomino on Wednesday January 02 2019, @05:40AM

        by GeminiDomino (661) on Wednesday January 02 2019, @05:40AM (#780902)

        How and why 'pussy' also became slang for 'vagina' is a discussion for another time.

        Too bad. The etymology discussion is bound to be more interested than yet more tiresome gender-baiting.

        --
        "We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of our culture"
  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @09:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @09:16PM (#780725)

    Who said that they even want to quit? Nicotine is a great drug, and I love to use it, but tobacco smoke had my lungs in bad shape so I switched to vaping. Now I get all the nicotine I want, but I can breathe, I can control my dosage, and I am spending $50 a year rather than $7 a day.