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Dec 28, 2022 13:23:37 #

canberra Loc: Top of the (Chesapeake) Bay

pendennis wrote:

I'd rather "they" stop spending over and above the national income. Taxing vices never works, because folks will always find a way to get around sin taxes.

AMEN!

Dec 28, 2022 14:26:15 #

mindzye Loc: WV

The only Zippo I have is unique - at least to me.

Ok, time to start some sh-tuff. The Zippo has a Canon camera on it, used to be in full color. Red Canon letters with yellow and black camera body.

My take? If it had a Nikon camera body the flame would be brighter !! And Higher!!!

Dec 28, 2022 14:28:51 #

mindzye Loc: WV

LDB415 wrote:

Yes, that would be even better. But until then I'd settle for the sin tax.

Isn't it typical that 'they' would legalize an addictive product, get people hooked and then tax the-sin-out of them.

Dec 28, 2022 14:57:20 #

Dannj

Re: the Snoopy inscription
It’s the thought that counts😂

Dec 28, 2022 15:37:05 #

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Drbobcameraguy wrote:

I find it odd that anyone who tells a Dr they have... (show quote)

I am 80 years old and I am not an advocate for smoking, not at all, but I have been a smoker for 65 years and still going, doctors I talk to say that non-smokers get lung cancer just as much as smokers, 50/50. Every time I have a chest X-ray my lungs are clear, last one about a year ago.

Dec 28, 2022 16:14:39 #

Besperus Loc: Oregon

Mine just lit campfires. I put it up finally because it leaked lighter fluid so much.

Dec 28, 2022 16:30:23 #

mindzye Loc: WV

Earnest Botello wrote:

One interesting fact from the medical community is that smokers are far less likely to get Covid than others.
Go figure.

Dec 28, 2022 16:32:13 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

mindzye wrote:

One interesting fact from the medical community is that smokers are far less likely to get Covid than others.
Go figure.

Do have a link for that reference?
Thanks,
Mark

Dec 28, 2022 16:36:43 #

mindzye Loc: WV

markngolf wrote:

Do have a link for that reference?
Thanks,
Mark

Just saw it the other day. I will go back to find it and post.

Dec 28, 2022 16:38:44 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

mindzye wrote:

Just saw it the other day. I will go back to find it and post.

Thank you! That's interesting and very curious.
Mark

Dec 28, 2022 16:56:34 #

bw79st Loc: New York City

Besperus wrote:

Mine just lit campfires. I put it up finally because it leaked lighter fluid so much.

When I was still smoking I retired my Zippo when butane lighters became available. I got tired of years of having a rash from keeping my cigarettes and Zippo lighter in my breast pocket where the lighter fluid was constantly leaking onto my left breast! But I did eventually quit smoking in 1984, after 25 years!

Dec 28, 2022 16:58:47 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

mindzye wrote:

One interesting fact from the medical community is that smokers are far less likely to get Covid than others.
Go figure.

I did find info that indicates smokers with Covid were less likely to be hospitalized than non smokers. That is still surprising to me.
Mark

Dec 28, 2022 17:30:42 #

mindzye Loc: WV

I too find it almost antithetical, or a mental non-sequitur for this. Still researching and talking within groups for a viable realistic answer.

Here is a list that refers to studies done so far, yet far from complete.

This list presents both sides of the issue in an effort to be candid and truthful in my assessments. I still am looking for the comment by one medical doctor that claimed in all of his Covid patients during the crisis he had not one of his patients as a smoker - former or active I don't recall.

But to me as a natural health advocate - in all transparencies (as the saying goes today) I am an advocate of both the Natural remedies -Naturopathic -and health protocols, where applicable, and the allopathic ie. AMA interventions/ applied medical approach, again where applicable. Namely the blending of the two systems. They both have their place. No need to go into the reasonings or experiences for this opinion.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32385628/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(22)00258-2/fulltext

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-24148-y

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32964233/#:~:text=In%20the%20logistic%20regression%20analysis,001).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8052507/

another perspective/side of the debate:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-021-00223-1#Bib1

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.603850/full

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34328284/

Dec 28, 2022 18:17:41 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

You’ve presented a most thorough list of references. I thank you for the thoughtful comments and list.

Be well and Happy New Year
Mark

Dec 28, 2022 18:35:58 #

mindzye Loc: WV

You are most welcome sir. Happy New Year to you as well as Good Health.

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