Comments on: Smoking Behavior and the Transtheoretical Model of the Stages of Change http://brainblogger.com/2009/01/25/smoking-behavior-and-the-transtheoretical-model-of-the-stages-of-change/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives Mon, 21 May 2012 22:26:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: madeleinehttp://brainblogger.com/2009/01/25/smoking-behavior-and-the-transtheoretical-model-of-the-stages-of-change/#comment-572854 madeleine Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:40:43 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2298#comment-572854 What I don't understand is, why would people warn others to stop smoking if it really wasn't that healthy? Are they just doing it for fun? I mean, I understand that huge tobacco companies would want to promote smoking, because they earn billions of dollars on it each year. But the health psychologists and health care system see what a great burden smokers are on the system, because smoking is the number one preventable death in USA. Yes, some people, like you, might be lucky and never develop any cancers, but many people do. And some people have been healthy all their life, and still get sick. But if you look at the big picture, smoking is deadly, and responsible for cardiac and heart disordes, lung diseases, cancer etc.Of course people should live a balanced life, and it is healthy to stay in the "golden middle" not on the extreme ends. Too obsessed over health isn't good if it makes you depressed. A glass of red wine is healthy if you drink it moderately, and it is important to be optimistic about life. HOWEVER, I do not think smoking would make me happy, and there is nothing I am missing out in life when I am not smoking, so why should I? Smoke pot all you want, but you know it impairs short-term memory and makes you slow? But if it really makes you happy, go for it. It is your life after all, and as long as it doesn't harm other people, it's ok. But you know that smoking harms others? Second-hand.. What I don’t understand is, why would people warn others to stop smoking if it really wasn’t that healthy? Are they just doing it for fun? I mean, I understand that huge tobacco companies would want to promote smoking, because they earn billions of dollars on it each year. But the health psychologists and health care system see what a great burden smokers are on the system, because smoking is the number one preventable death in USA. Yes, some people, like you, might be lucky and never develop any cancers, but many people do. And some people have been healthy all their life, and still get sick. But if you look at the big picture, smoking is deadly, and responsible for cardiac and heart disordes, lung diseases, cancer etc.

Of course people should live a balanced life, and it is healthy to stay in the “golden middle” not on the extreme ends. Too obsessed over health isn’t good if it makes you depressed. A glass of red wine is healthy if you drink it moderately, and it is important to be optimistic about life. HOWEVER, I do not think smoking would make me happy, and there is nothing I am missing out in life when I am not smoking, so why should I? Smoke pot all you want, but you know it impairs short-term memory and makes you slow? But if it really makes you happy, go for it. It is your life after all, and as long as it doesn’t harm other people, it’s ok. But you know that smoking harms others? Second-hand..

]]> By: wtfhttp://brainblogger.com/2009/01/25/smoking-behavior-and-the-transtheoretical-model-of-the-stages-of-change/#comment-418662 wtf Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:26:03 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2298#comment-418662 Ever tried intestinal parasites? Less side effects than smoking. Smoking is a risk factor for many diseases. Just as certain genes are. Disease manifestation is a collaborative effort of various factors working together. Saying that smoking doesn't cause cancer or other diseases just because it has one positive side effect and doesn't cause cancer in everyone who does do it (like that negates all the other negatives) is stupid and ignorant. Ever tried intestinal parasites? Less side effects than smoking. Smoking is a risk factor for many diseases. Just as certain genes are. Disease manifestation is a collaborative effort of various factors working together. Saying that smoking doesn’t cause cancer or other diseases just because it has one positive side effect and doesn’t cause cancer in everyone who does do it (like that negates all the other negatives) is stupid and ignorant.

]]> By: Victim of Wowsershttp://brainblogger.com/2009/01/25/smoking-behavior-and-the-transtheoretical-model-of-the-stages-of-change/#comment-418240 Victim of Wowsers Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:19:33 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2298#comment-418240 What a load of rubbish.I gave up smoking for 7 years and ended up with a non-smokers disease, ulcerative colitis - and was told by my doctor I would require a colonectomy within 10yrs or I would die from bowel cancer. The related Crohn's Disease is the same. 1/3 of all lung cancers only happen in non-smokers (and the rest are now being recognised as viral in origin).Cancer is a disease, not caused by the "sin" of smoking. Statistics show smoking provides 5-10% protection against herpes induced throat cancer. Lung cancer was almost unheard of until the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 and has been with us ever since.Why am I alive 27years later? Contemplating an early death I thought I would take up cigarettes and cannabis smoking and at least enjoy the rest of my short remaining time. I went into remission 1 week later and only relapse when overseas and not smoking pot (average time to flare-up is 2-3 weeks abstinence). It took another 18 years for me to stumble upon the research that the two were related - that's how intense this deadly temperance based propaganda is.Do-gooder religious based nutters are murdering us with their fraudulent data - misleading the public and deluding the medical profession with their lies.Here is some REAL health advice doctors would do well to tell their patients: Get the herpes vaccine, smoke (cigarettes and pot), drink (red wine especially) and be happy. Get moderate amounts of sun (vitamin D), steer clear of nano-particle sunscreens and buy a dog if you want to live a long healthy life.Big pharma can't bottle those so they push deadly chemicals on us. These do kill through suicide - and smoking with a nicotine patch killed a family member in seconds. Anti-smoking profits make tobacco profits look like small change. I may have a protective coating of tar on my lungs, but they have blood on their hands.Only dopes think cannabis is harmful."Don't let poets tell you lies" - Bjork. Looks like some poets have used TTM on you guys. Instead of wasting your time on pseudoscience, woo and snake oil, why don't you work on a stem cell cure for the emphysema I'm likely to get now that I've outlived one death sentence? Or won't the pope let you?Idiots. What a load of rubbish.

I gave up smoking for 7 years and ended up with a non-smokers disease, ulcerative colitis – and was told by my doctor I would require a colonectomy within 10yrs or I would die from bowel cancer. The related Crohn’s Disease is the same. 1/3 of all lung cancers only happen in non-smokers (and the rest are now being recognised as viral in origin).

Cancer is a disease, not caused by the “sin” of smoking. Statistics show smoking provides 5-10% protection against herpes induced throat cancer. Lung cancer was almost unheard of until the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 and has been with us ever since.

Why am I alive 27years later? Contemplating an early death I thought I would take up cigarettes and cannabis smoking and at least enjoy the rest of my short remaining time. I went into remission 1 week later and only relapse when overseas and not smoking pot (average time to flare-up is 2-3 weeks abstinence). It took another 18 years for me to stumble upon the research that the two were related – that’s how intense this deadly temperance based propaganda is.

Do-gooder religious based nutters are murdering us with their fraudulent data – misleading the public and deluding the medical profession with their lies.

Here is some REAL health advice doctors would do well to tell their patients: Get the herpes vaccine, smoke (cigarettes and pot), drink (red wine especially) and be happy. Get moderate amounts of sun (vitamin D), steer clear of nano-particle sunscreens and buy a dog if you want to live a long healthy life.

Big pharma can’t bottle those so they push deadly chemicals on us. These do kill through suicide – and smoking with a nicotine patch killed a family member in seconds. Anti-smoking profits make tobacco profits look like small change. I may have a protective coating of tar on my lungs, but they have blood on their hands.

Only dopes think cannabis is harmful.

“Don’t let poets tell you lies” – Bjork. Looks like some poets have used TTM on you guys. Instead of wasting your time on pseudoscience, woo and snake oil, why don’t you work on a stem cell cure for the emphysema I’m likely to get now that I’ve outlived one death sentence? Or won’t the pope let you?

Idiots.

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