To keep almost on topic:

In God's particular providence I visited my Father yesterday, his first words were that a neighbour who moved into the cottages was taken to hospital with 'Emphysema'...his age? 60.

See my earlier post

The man told my Father that he was transferred to another Hospital and that night two other heavy smokers were put on oxygen machines...both dead the following morning.

Do Christian smokers really want a bed in their local hospital and come face-to-face with their own oxygen mask as Smoking Kills, but it won't get me-some comfort?

The UK Government have a health warning on tobacco to remain ethical...but will not ban it because of the great tax revenues. Smoking Can Seriously Damage Your Health

When the Government are forced to say that and lose substantial revenue as folk quit, then you know you know you need to know what those in the know know

prince charles wrote:
thanks ex tab man, i havent had a cig today so thats something !

Next shall we move onto junk food Amazing that the Olympics in London is sponsored by Coca cola, McDonalds and Cadbury

I think I'll get my exercise bike out and train, whilst smoking a tab and eating a family bar of Dairy Milk

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Thought comment below from a blog was interesting, maybe Gluttony isn't a sin today, or at least it is a respectable sin:

Smoking can cause an aneurysm.

For ex-smokers, it takes approximately 15 years before the risk of lung cancer drops to the same as that of a non-smoker. Ninety percent of lung cancer cases are due to smoking.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a collective term for a group of conditions that block airflow and make breathing more difficult, such as:

Emphysema - breathlessness caused by damage to the air sacs within the lungs
Chronic Bronchitis - coughing with a lot of mucus that continues for at least three months.

Smoking is the most common cause of COPD and is responsible for 80% of cases.

Charles

I was a smoker for years, then converted and later came under conviction (unfashionable word?) that it does damage your health like a slow suicide...relatives died of Emphysema-all smokers, not very pleasant to witness.