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01-05-2018, 03:33 PM
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This video is enough to put anyone off perhaps it could be played in schools.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...gs-smoker.html
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01-05-2018, 04:29 PM
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Mine probably look on the way to that.
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01-05-2018, 04:48 PM
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I daren't look at the link because I used to smoke, quit 10 years ago but I now have COPD, just recently been diagnosed
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01-05-2018, 04:57 PM
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They showed us a similar video at school back in the mid to late 70s. Of course in those days that meant the OHP and a white screen in the assembly hall.

It did not stop me smoking. But I knew full well what smoking does and I was always trying to quit (which happened every year and finally in my mid 30s). I think I caught it just in time but as an ex smoker you are always at risk of COPD in old age. These days a bigger risk is acid reflux and possibly pollution.

It's definitely a good idea to show kids these images. But IMO young people are far more clued up about smoking in that it's no longer cool and acceptable. When I was growing up it was still cool and a way to socialise and make new friends. I suppose they vape now or smoke dope.
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01-05-2018, 06:32 PM
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It astonishes me that so many young people smoke .
After all they must know they still put cancer sticks in their mouths.
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01-05-2018, 06:35 PM
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Thank goodness I gave up smoking years ago
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01-05-2018, 06:37 PM
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The other thing that surprises me is that so many medics smoke.
The are aware that is it bad and I refuse to believe it's stress .
Non smokers get stressed too they just don't reach for a fag .
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01-05-2018, 06:54 PM
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I dare not look at the clip, my mum died of lung cancer and I expect her lungs were very similar. Thank goodness I don't smoke .
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01-05-2018, 06:57 PM
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We were shown the same as teens in the 70s when the anti smoking campaign started picking up pace

Still smoked

Thing is, as teens , you knew the dangers but it was all going to happen years and years away and in the mean time we could have been hit by a bus All teens feel they are invincible
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01-05-2018, 07:08 PM
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I never felt that way .
I have always thought smoking was a stupid thing to do .
I mean you have to choke yourself to get started .
Most smoking teens came from smoking households .
My grandad smoked a pipe he was the only smoker in our family .
 
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