Random Rants: --... ---.. Don't expect others to convert it for you.

[hobbsyoyo]

While it's a noble goal it serves also as a fuel for illegal import and blak market for cigarets.

And it acts as a tax on the poor.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Well... it acts as a tax on smokers.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Who tend to be poor.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

So? It's not compulsory.

 

[Synobun]

Neither is you responding to posts, yet here you are.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Ooh spicy

 

[AdamCrock]

We should make it 1$ per post "luxury tax" than

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Well... it acts as a tax on smokers.

Who tend to be poor.

So? It's not compulsory.

Unfortunately, there are parents who will happily let their kids go without so long as they have their smokes. The kids don't really have much choice in the matter.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Well yeah... I wasn't really defending smokers there.

 

[CKS]

Rant: I either ate something bad or picked up a stomach virus.

I hope you feel better soon.

I had what I thought was a stomach bug a couple of weeks ago. It turned out to be vertigo - my first age-related disorder! Apparently, the kind I had comes on for no reason, and may come back at any time (or never). It went away after about a week, and I'm not looking forward to its recurrence.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I'll be fine. I've been vomiting a bunch but also drinking so I don't get dehydrated. I'll see if I can find some saltine crackers later. Those sometimes help.

 

[The_J]

Online dating .

 

[Kyriakos]

Maybe if each pack of cigarettes costs $500, no one will buy them.
Though afaik young people tend to vape instead of smoke. And vaping is healthier, certainly...

 

[H4run]

Maybe if each pack of cigarettes costs $500, no one will buy them.
Though afaik young people tend to vape instead of smoke. And vaping is healthier, certainly...

There is a research done that said it is equally or even more dangerous than cigs. I also remember reading somewhere the huge volume of vape's smoke which is much larger than cigs also makes it more harmful.

Cigs smoker will greatly decreased after 30 years from now I think, the last avid cigs smoker are the mtv generation (those who born around early till mid 80s). After that they pretty much despise it. Which is good for them lol

 

[Kyriakos]

There is a research done that said it is equally or even more dangerous than cigs. I also remember reading somewhere the huge volume of vape's smoke which is much larger than cigs also makes it more harmful.

Cigs smoker will greatly decreased after 30 years from now I think, the last avid cigs smoker are the mtv generation (those who born around early till mid 80s). After that they pretty much despise it. Which is good for them lol

At least empirically (from my own few months of vaping last year) it felt a lot healthier... Not sure if it has long-term negative effects that don't show up after only 3 months.
That said, it is to be expected that main tobacco-producing countries are against vaping - cause it harms their business. Turkey is certainly in that category - iirc it is illegal there?
In Greece it is legal, despite the local decently sized tobacco industry.

 

[H4run]

I dont know how about Turkey, It is been a long time since the last time I live there. So you quit cigs and vape instead? Lots of my friend here ending up use both of them, but I really hope you can quit smoking

 

[Kyriakos]

I dont know how about Turkey, It is been a long time since the last time I live there. So you quit cigs and vape instead? Lots of my friend here ending up use both of them, but I really hope you can quit smoking

I used vape for three months, then sort of gave up because i had to pay 25 euros for a new vaper, so opted to just buy a cigarette pack...
Maybe in the future i will vape again, don't know. But if you want to quit, vaping does help, cause it also makes you feel disgusted when smoking.

 

[AdamCrock]

It is a shame to say that I smoke quite a lot , especially when before a computer at home playing, or when I'm consuming alcohol or when I'm plainly bored. I smoke little at work and I never smoke being with girls - who knows - maybe it's all the dopamine or endorphine being realeased in the brain when being in the company of a nice girl, who knows ? One is for sure that smoking is really a strong chemical (some say: physical) addiction .

I don't think that making smokes overpriced will stop addicts who will simply buy from a cheaper (and definitely less healthier) source. In Poland there is already a huge market selling unprocessed (just cut) tobbaco leafs - it's cheap but I do not know the source , I do not know anything about it in fact. And lots and lots of the people I know buys that stuff. It is really a health danger I think. So if anyone who has any say about it - just don't make smokes more pricy it will work the other way than intended for sure + it will fill smugglers pockets and empty nation's pockets.

 

[H4run]

I used vape for three months, then sort of gave up because i had to pay 25 euros for a new vaper, so opted to just buy a cigarette pack...
Maybe in the future i will vape again, don't know. But if you want to quit, vaping does help, cause it also makes you feel disgusted when smoking.

Using vape required discipline and patience to maintain the tools. I bought it also, but like you I mess it up, I dont know if I will buy it again or not in the future, because I cough a lot taking it.

 

[Takhisis]

Online dating .

Well, it is dating.