Being wise is good, so think about your health

[roseman]

Side-effects of smoking!
Smoking has been linked directly to sexual dysfunction in men, and it's believed to have a similar effect in women. One noted urologist, speaking on the news program 60 Minutes, said when he sees a man smoking, he wonders when -- not if -- he will experience erectile dysfunction.
Smoking causes a fatty build-up in the blood vessels. These fatty deposits result in narrowing and blockage of the blood vessels. If the blood supply in blood vessels that lead to the brain are blocked, the surrounding brain cells will die resulting in a stroke.
The moment you light up your cigarette, thousands of poisonous chemicals in the cigarette smoke enter your body and get absorbed into the bloodstream. Some of them damage the lining of the blood vessels by making the blood vessel walls sticky and hence causing them to collect tiny fatty deposits that float in the bloodstream. The more you smoke, the more the deposits build up.
Similar adverse effects take place when the blood vessels leading to our heart are blocked by fatty deposits. This cuts off the blood supply to the heart muscles. As a result, the tissue in that area will die and hence, a heart attack occurs
Even if you smoke a few cigarettes a day, you are destroying the natural defences of millions of your lung cells. Quitting smoking is the only way to stop the damage.
Quit now for your own good: Save life, save money,,
This is the Time you've been waiting for... Better Time for You to Stop Smoking!
A replacement for tobacco smoking and invented “behavioral addiction” which is one of the most difficult withdrawal symptoms to overcome along with the “chemical nicotine addiction” when quitting smoking.
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[Pantherholic]

this is bullsh*t. Dunzz is there someway we can block this asshole from advertising their stuff here? can u trace the IP address or something?

[formerseasonticketholder]

totally agree that this was an innappropriate post Pantherholic.
However, smoking is bad for you, and there are plenty of good sources for information on quitting, especially the University of Wisconsin Medical School Center for Tobacco Research & Prevention at UW-Madison. Here's a link to their website - www.ctri.wisc.edu/Home/Quit.Line.Home.html where you can find information on a variety of resources including the Wisconsin tobacco quitline - 877-270-STOP.

[Pantherholic]

so if Roseman's post was inappropriate how is your's better? you're advertising too!

[formerseasonticketholder]

there's a difference between shilling for a questionable product and pointing people to legitimate and free medical resources

[Pantherholic]

we all know smoking is bad and if ppl want to quit let them handle it. they don't need others telling them where to go. i know since i am a former smoker.

[formerseasonticketholder]

dude, I'd like to tell you where to go, but I don't think my suggestion would be too polite.

Many people who are trying to quit find these resources valuable. If you didn't, then more power to you, but statistics show that support like the quit line make efforts to quit smoking much more likely to succeed.

[Pantherholic]

look if u want to help ppl quit smoking or guide them in the right direction towards it thats fine. here's a hint - find a place more prevalent for that topic other than a college basketball discussion board.

[jvaldon]

I agree that the original post was inappropriate. i do agree with ghola. he gave a resource that could be used to help people who want to quit do so. i personally think smoking is band and people should quit (cough..Dunzzz), but i aint gonna tell them they have to. you shouldnt yell at someone for trying to help (even if you dont want to hear it), you can though if they are trying to sell something. thats the difference between roseman and ghola.


- Joey

pantherholic - this is in the off the court section which is pretty much a discussion of anything and everything people want to discuss, including smoking.

[formerseasonticketholder]

I'm not on some big stop smoking crusade, nor did I start this thread, just posted some letgitimate info to counteract the ad above.
BTW I think you probably meant "relavent" above not "prevalent", but some college basketball fans do smoke and many smokers do want to quit, which means that this is not an irrelavent topic.

[admin]

All this talk about smoking has made me want to go have a smoke.

[Ron Diaz]

Thats why I dip

[aknowsense]

rondiaz said:

Thats why I dip

Mmmmmmm mouth cancer.

I quite smoking cold turkey it sucked but it works if you want to quit you will. That was years ago and I still get the itch from time to time. I hate when people get all crazy about smoke though......deal with it, I don't like to smell like smoke but I don't make a scene about it I hate that!!