More negative publicity on nicotine-
Nicotine even worse than thought | citizen-times.com | Asheville Citizen-Times
Nicotine even worse than thought | citizen-times.com | Asheville Citizen-Times
Nicotine even worse than thought
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A recent statewide survey in Arkansas found that the average age of first tobacco use was before the age of 12. Alcohol use started on average a bit over six months after tobacco, and the average age of first ......... use was just before the age of 14.
Gee, I guess I got it wrong. I started using alcohol at age 11, ......... at age 12 and started smoking at age 15. I musta been in the wrong school district.
Note, the above "........" is forum code for illegal ditchweed. The proper wordage doesn't post.
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I do have to admit, though, that I liked the last paragraph. I added the bold:
Of course parents should be vigilant regarding their children and the things they're doing. We only have a problem when the government tries to step in and act as parent/nanny and take things away from adults because parents won't do their job.
Of course parents should be vigilant regarding their children and the things they're doing. We only have a problem when the government tries to step in and act as parent/nanny and take things away from adults because parents won't do their job.
The title of that article is probably the most mis-leading part. But aside from that, I can't for the life of me understand how people haven't figured out that certain people are predisposed to substance abuse, either genetically and/or socially, and people simply go first to what is most commonly available to them. Hence, people smoke before they drink, and drink before they use illegal drugs. The correlations the article draws between grades, attendance, and tobacco use simply shows what kind of people are more predisposed to "rebel" and use tobacco, yet the article seems to mislead people into thinking that tobacco use specifically causes bad grades, poor attendance, and will lead to alcohol and drug abuse.
Although, I couldn't hep but notice the article came from an Asheville, NC newspaper, and that place is the epicenter for new-agey spiritual health-nannies who think veganism, yoga, and astrology can save the world.
Although, I couldn't hep but notice the article came from an Asheville, NC newspaper, and that place is the epicenter for new-agey spiritual health-nannies who think veganism, yoga, and astrology can save the world.
Where do they get the idiots that write this stuff.
According to them, I, who didn't start smoking until I was out of high school, was not addicted to nicotine.
I guess I just like it a lot.
I wonder how young kids are when they get addicted to caffeine? Before the age of 5?
According to them, I, who didn't start smoking until I was out of high school, was not addicted to nicotine.
I guess I just like it a lot.
I wonder how young kids are when they get addicted to caffeine? Before the age of 5?
Where do they get the idiots that write this stuff.
According to them, I, who didn't start smoking until I was out of high school, was not addicted to nicotine.
I guess I just like it a lot.
I wonder how young kids are when they get addicted to caffeine? Before the age of 5?
Same here. I was 19 before I had my first cigarette. So maybe I'm not really addicted either!
TV, my order was the same as your, just a number of years later on all counts 16, 17 then 19 for smoking. However, I started drinking water before any of them and still do, a lot. Wonder if that was the gateway to everything else.
Hey, but fear not, help is on the way from our Pharma friends-
Pfizer's two new compounds may be effective in treating alcohol, nicotine dependence
Haven't studied the treatment on ",,,,,,,,,,", but the other two should be no problem. For a price.
I just loved this line, "Significantly, while the compounds had a significant effect on the rodents' alcohol consumption"
At the very least, we'll have less drunk rats to worry about!
Pfizer's two new compounds may be effective in treating alcohol, nicotine dependence
Haven't studied the treatment on ",,,,,,,,,,", but the other two should be no problem. For a price.
I just loved this line, "Significantly, while the compounds had a significant effect on the rodents' alcohol consumption"
At the very least, we'll have less drunk rats to worry about!
I started smoking at 11. However, I didnt enter the gate and do other things. Me such a good girl with black disgusting lungs..
'Twas 19 for me, also. College roommate got me started. In those days, the non-smokers were in the minority on college campuses and in the military.
18 or 19... I can't remember. Definitely 19 when I really started smoking and not just bumming one on a rare occasion. Not to spark an argument, but also look at where these surveys were conducted. Part of the country with some of the highest smoking rates.
Smoking and Tobacco Use :: State Data :: Tobacco Control State Highlights 2010 :: Highlights by State :: Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) :: CDC
Smoking and Tobacco Use :: State Data :: Tobacco Control State Highlights 2010 :: Highlights by State :: Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) :: CDC
Come to think of it, I too recall the rampant use of H2O before the alcohol. To this day I have a faucet as well as a cold water tap on the fridge. And all this time I've thought I was fixed after giving up spirits, ditchweed and smokes. Cracky, even Grandma was in on the water conspiracy 8-o.
Pretty sad article I'd say. The publishers must have not enough to write about to meet their quota, so they write about useless garbage they think of. I think nicotine has never been a gateway drug. It's just part of a phase. Experimentation. I smoke at the age of 12 for a while, then stopped because I didn't wanna get 'addicted'. For a few years I was fine, but I drank alcohol and smoked pot because I enjoyed it, peer pressure was irrelevant and surely nicotine had nothing to do with it. And in high school, when I started smoking again, My marks weren't low because of An addiction, it was low because I wasn't motivated to care about school. If a publisher was smart, they would write articles about how the educational system can re-establish focus to students into wanting better marks. Such as, really enforcing that the marks you get in high school, and which courses you take will affect your variety of career choices after you graduate. And if you don't focus in school, and you decide you want to be something one day and realize you needed a better Physics 12 mark, you now have to pay to take it(Online courses are free =D). But back to the point, the article title is very misleading as people said, as people probably click it to find out what sort of effect it may have on your body, only to find out that the best idea they had written about it was being a gateway drug.. ha
This is all really funny, except it shouldn't be. I started smoking as a regular habit " that is with my parents knowledge and permission " When I was 10 years old. Not that I didn't do it before then, because I did. My older sibling and cousin did it, and would give me a cigarette so I wouldn't tattle on them for smoking. At that time, the only thing that was said was, "you know, that might stunt your growth." When you are 10 years old, that doesn't really regester or make a difference to you. I really think I was already addicted, as I can remember getting up into my Dad's lap when he was smoking to be able to smell it better. I grew up in a household where cigarettes were used by everyone around. All the relatives also used them, and it just seemed like a normal thing to do. Now that I am an adult, and know that smoking isn't good for me, I am alot more into vaping and I haven't had a cigarette for almost 7 months. I don't want to ever start smoking again!
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