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[Classik]

Not only is acetic acid found in hair dye, but it's also in ketchup, barbeque sauce, salad dressing and anything else that contains vinegar. Acetic acid is the acid in vinegar.

The TOG​

Do they also contain lead and other stuff she mentioned?

 

[TOG]

Do they also contain lead and other stuff she mentioned?

Lead as well as mercury can be found in most foods originating in China as well as some other Asian countries. But that wasn't my point. I always take lists like this with a HUGE grain of salt. I've seen lists of supposedly dangerous substances that are put in our food that include things like ascorbic acid, which sounds dangerous, until you realize that the common name for it is vitamin C. There are all kinds of things that we consume every day without worrying about them being dangerous, but if you use the chemical name for them instead of the common name we're used to and put it on a list of supposedly dangerous substances, then it suddenly seems like the most dangerous thing in the world. One kid at a science fair even got people to sign a petition to ban the use of dihydrogen monoxide (the chemical term for water - H2O).

The TOG​

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

What's wrong with alcohol?
Just about everyone in the Bible drank.
And cigarettes.
How many Bible people would have smoked if it was available to them?
And partially hydrogenated oils?
And high fructose corn syrup?
How many Bible people would have bothered to read the labels?

Here's a truth for you all.
We may have a lot more amenities than in Bible times but we also have a lot more junk to sort through than they did.
So who's better off, us or them?

 

[Lewis]

When smokers quit – what are the benefits over time?

http://www.cancer.org/healthy/staya...ingsmoking/guide-to-quitting-smoking-benefits
20 minutes after quitting

Your heart rate and blood pressure drop.

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  (Effect of smoking on arterial stiffness and pulse pressure amplification, Mahmud A, Feely J. Hypertension.2003:41:183)
  

12 hours after quitting

The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.

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  (US Surgeon General’s Report, 1988, p. 202)
  

2 weeks to 3 months after quitting

Your circulation improves and your lung function increases.

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  (US Surgeon General’s Report, 1990, pp.193, 194,196, 285, 323)
  

1 to 9 months after quitting

Coughing and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs) start to regain normal function in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce the risk of infection.

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  (US Surgeon General’s Report, 1990, pp. 285-287, 304)
  

1 year after quitting

The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a continuing smoker’s.

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  (US Surgeon General’s Report, 2010, p. 359)
  

5 years after quitting

Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder are cut in half. Cervical cancer risk falls to that of a non-smoker. Stroke risk can fall to that of a non-smoker after 2-5 years.

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  (A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease - The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease Fact Sheet, 2010; and Tobacco Control: Reversal of Risk After Quitting Smoking. IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 11. 2007, p 341)
  

10 years after quitting

The risk of dying from lung cancer is about half that of a person who is still smoking. The risk of cancer of the larynx (voice box) and pancreas decreases.

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  (A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease - The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease Fact Sheet, 2010; and US Surgeon General’s Report, 1990, pp. vi, 155, 165)
  

15 years after quitting

The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a non-smoker’s.

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  (Tobacco Control: Reversal of Risk After Quitting Smoking. IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 11. 2007. p 11)
  

These are just a few of the benefits of quitting smoking for good. Quitting smoking lowers the risk of diabetes, lets blood vessels work better, and helps the heart and lungs. Quitting while you are younger will reduce your health risks more, but quitting at any age can give back years of life that would be lost by continuing to smoke.


Last Medical Review: 02/06/2014
Last Revised: 02/06/2014

 

[Kathi]

There are a ton of benefits to quitting smoking.But it is not up to us to be judgmental over someone who smokes.They will go to heaven if they are true believers.They just might get there quicker.