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originally posted by: TiredofControlFreaks
a reply to: Krazysh0t
Are you aware of how painful it is to know that you are forgetting your loved one? To not know who you are and who the people around you are? To live in fear and not understand what is happening to you? To not be able to take care of your own body?
I worked in old age setting. Please, if I ever develop Alziemer's be kind and blow my brains out with a bullet.
We all fear different things. I don't fear death. It comes to us all. What I fear most is losing myself before I can die.
You obviously value avoiding pain more than you value your identity. We are all different. We make different choices in our lives and we pay different prices.
I am not encouraging you to start smoking but I am trying to counter public opinion that smoking has no benefits and that smokers are just addicts who continue smoking without benefits.
To a smoker, smoking has benefits and people should also respect our choices.
Tired of Control Freaks
originally posted by: TiredofControlFreaks
a reply to: Psynic
my lousy spelling!
Tired of Control freaks
originally posted by: blupblup
Oh come on.... FFS.
Whatever small benefit there *may* be is utterly negligible.
You are breathing hot, poisonous chemicals into your lungs.
That is not good. ever.
HPV oral infection precedes the development of HPV+ OPC.[4][5] Slight injuries in the mucous membrane serve as an entry gate for HPV, which thus works into the basal layer of the epithelium.[6][7] People testing positive for HPV16 oral infection have a 14 times increased risk of developing HPV+ OPC.[6] Immunosuppression seems to be an increased risk factor for HPV+ OPC.[5] Individuals with TGF-β1 genetic variations, specially T869C, are more likely to have HPV16+ OPC.[8] TGF-β1 plays an important role in controlling the immune system. A 1993 study has found that patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated anogenital cancers had a 4.3-fold increased risk of tonsillar squamous-cell carcinoma.[9] Although evidence suggests that HPV16 is the main cause of OPC between non-smokers and non-drinkers, the degree to which tobacco and/or alcohol use may contribute to increase the risk of HPV+ OPC is unclear.[5] Concomitant human herpesvirus-8 infection can potentiate the effects of HPV-16.[10]
originally posted by: Eunuchorn
originally posted by: blupblup
Oh come on.... FFS.
Whatever small benefit there *may* be is utterly negligible.
You are breathing hot, poisonous chemicals into your lungs.
That is not good. ever.
I'm afraid I must disagree; that inhale is absolutely delectable
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originally posted by: TiredofControlFreaks
a reply to: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
You are going to have to go a lot farther to avoid oral-pharyngeal cancers than to just not smoke.
I hate to inform you but it has been determined that, like cervical cancer, the cause of oral-pharangeal cancer is NOT smoking. Its HPV!
en.wikipedia.org...
HPV oral infection precedes the development of HPV+ OPC.[4][5] Slight injuries in the mucous membrane serve as an entry gate for HPV, which thus works into the basal layer of the epithelium.[6][7] People testing positive for HPV16 oral infection have a 14 times increased risk of developing HPV+ OPC.[6] Immunosuppression seems to be an increased risk factor for HPV+ OPC.[5] Individuals with TGF-β1 genetic variations, specially T869C, are more likely to have HPV16+ OPC.[8] TGF-β1 plays an important role in controlling the immune system. A 1993 study has found that patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated anogenital cancers had a 4.3-fold increased risk of tonsillar squamous-cell carcinoma.[9] Although evidence suggests that HPV16 is the main cause of OPC between non-smokers and non-drinkers, the degree to which tobacco and/or alcohol use may contribute to increase the risk of HPV+ OPC is unclear.[5] Concomitant human herpesvirus-8 infection can potentiate the effects of HPV-16.[10]
You are going to have to avoid kissing and sex as well!
(hint - we were told that smoking was the major cause of both cervical cancer and oral-pharangeal cancers. They were WRONG! Real scientists didn't listen to hype and identified the first virus known to cause cancer in 1975. Since that time, more than 130 strains of HPV have been identified and they only know what a handful of them actually do. It is known that in the western world HPV is the cause of at least 25 % of all lung cancers and in the eastern world, it is as high as 80%_
Tired of Control Freaks