Re: CHOKE on this!

Was that test completed with more than one cigarette?

mike hunt

Philip wrote:

> Cigarettes Worse for Air Than Cars > > Ivanhoe Newswire >
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> September 1, 2004 > > Holy smoke! The air pollution emitted by cigarettes may be 10-times greater > than diesel car exhaust. > > Investigators hope the negative comparison can be a valuable educational > message against tobacco use for adolescents. > > Environmental tobacco smoke produces fine particulate matter, the most > dangerous element of air pollution. According to the new study, levels > indoors can far exceed those outdoors because new engine models and > lead-free fuels have cut the levels of particulate matter emissions from car > exhausts. > > The study was conducted in a garage in a small, Italian mountain town where > there are very low levels of particulate matter air pollution. A turbo > diesel engine was left idling for 30 minutes in the garage with the doors > closed. Then, the doors were left open for four hours. The car was fueled > with low sulphur fuel. Three filter cigarettes were also lit up > sequentially, and left smoldering for another 30 minutes. > > Results of the experiment show the diesel engine exhaust doubled the > particulate matter levels found outdoors at its peak. > > The environmental tobacco smoke particulate matter reached levels 15-times > higher than those measured outdoors. > > This article was reported by Ivanhoe.com, who offers Medical Alerts by > e-mail every day of the week. To subscribe, go to: > >
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> SOURCE: Tobacco Control, 2004;13:219-221
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MajorDomo
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I smoked from 1967 to 1998.... and up to 5 packs per day. (That was Vietnam, when after several days of not smoking out in the bush, we returned to release the tension.) Naturally, I smoked more when drinking alcohol or coffee (with my cop donuts). I tried to stop many times. Nothing worked for long. Six months was my max. Then, in

1998, I was able to quit within a couple of days, and easily, with zip pressure. I had heart surgery. Actually smoked my last one on the way to meet my surgeon at the hospital entry. According to the head nurse, between the combination of drugs used in anesthesia, and the "pure" oxygen pumped through a tube down your throat during both surgery and in recovery, it tremendously cleans out the addictive elements in your system.

My father was a heavy smoker. He decided one midnight shift to quit. He threw away what was left and never smoked again. Now THAT is willpower. Thing is, you will only quit when YOU are ready to quit. It makes no difference what anyone says to you about how bad it is for you.

Good Luck.

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Spike

And all the cigarette smokes in the world don't even come close to one decent volcanic eruption.

I love studies. They, like statistics, can "prove" anything.

Like I don't believe all the propaganda the National Rifle Assc puts out, BUT.... the anti-gun lobby propaganda gets proven wrong by law enforcement agencies and they still make their claims that gun control works.

However, I DO believe that Tw>Cigarettes Worse for Air Than Cars

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Spike

I too tryed "the patch" . Didnt work for me either, I couldn't keep the damn thing lit! ============

say, that reminds me of that joke - i tried to patch to quit smokin' - now, i'm up to two patches a day....... ~ curtis

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