tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post7103731579890838865..comments2024-03-23T13:16:37.006-07:00Comments on Hawaiian libertarian: The Longevity "Paradox" - TobaccoKeoni Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00842553742723239151noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-60678225174262737732022-09-17T20:09:13.623-07:002022-09-17T20:09:13.623-07:00Very based article. Thank you. From Texas, hope yo...Very based article. Thank you. From Texas, hope you’re doing well in Hawaii.DudeGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-21989792984553972132021-08-24T03:27:44.944-07:002021-08-24T03:27:44.944-07:00I've been a Respiratory Therapist for 12 years...I've been a Respiratory Therapist for 12 years, witnessing the DEVASTATING effects of smoking. Our lungs were NOT designed to inhale anything but air; certainly not burning plants. Forget about lung cancer, mouth cancer, tongue cancer, esophageal cancer, etc; slowly suffocating from COPD is one of the most heartbreaking conditions to witness. Being chained to an oxygen device is so much fun! Not being able to do the activities you love is a hoot! Bronchospasm's are so exhilarating!<br /><br />Most of the patients have deep regrets, wishing they had never started to smoke. Nicotine is nicotine, very addictive. IF so called "organic" tobacco was less harmful than industrial tobacco, what happens when you can't find any organic leaf and are now addicted? You will go out and get whatever you can. Why would you encourage anyone, esp. a child who might be reading this article, to start smoking? Shame on you.<br />By the way, I am a former smoker of 6 years myself, before I became a respiratory therapist and saw first hand how horrible this is. I can vouch first hand how hard it is to quit.<br />Spend a few days in your local ICU or emergency department and watch how fun it is to suffer the consequences of smoking.Timmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556826979378178713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-30757715161429631832017-12-11T12:21:21.570-08:002017-12-11T12:21:21.570-08:00I would recommend reducing your intake to a cup a ...I would recommend reducing your intake to a cup a day or a soda a day. In most cases your body will tell you it has had enough, just heed the warnings.<br /> <a href="http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/top-3-ways-to-stop-smoking-cigarettes-naturally" rel="nofollow">quit smoking today</a><br />jhonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258690520992269231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-75752725848043718042016-09-22T00:10:20.450-07:002016-09-22T00:10:20.450-07:00Kind words not only lift our spirits in the moment...Kind words not only lift our spirits in the moment they are given, but they can <br /><a href="http://www.ufgop.org/pdf/linger" rel="nofollow">linger</a> with us over the years. See the link below for more info. <br /><br />#lingers<br />www.ufgop.org<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02654077877293303880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-18740384768800902372014-11-08T00:34:57.437-08:002014-11-08T00:34:57.437-08:00I can personally attest to the absence of a smoker...I can personally attest to the absence of a smokers cough after switching to American Spirits. And as far as the addictive nature of nicotine, you'll miss it emotionally if you quit, but there are no significant physical withdrawals.CaseyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04983734961647056194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-12787484642708275262014-11-04T21:05:55.371-08:002014-11-04T21:05:55.371-08:00If you have been attempting to quit smoking, this ...If you have been attempting to quit smoking, this can be for you. Many individuals have already been capable of quitting smoking ordinary cigarettes as well as replace them with e-cigarettes. <a href="http://meesk.com/product-category/vaping-combos" rel="nofollow">See More Here</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093010468801342116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-10946494891885024622013-10-11T05:36:46.761-07:002013-10-11T05:36:46.761-07:00Greetings,
Stumbled across this article today, th...Greetings,<br /><br />Stumbled across this article today, thought you might find it interesting considering this subject:<br /><br />http://www.sott.net/article/226999-Smoking-Helps-Protect-Against-Lung-Cancer<br /><br />Take it or leave it, but considering the government's stance on everything else, perhaps this is more evidence in tobacco's favor.Iurnman83noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-83262280833531020962013-08-12T08:22:10.010-07:002013-08-12T08:22:10.010-07:00Niacin and Nicotinic acid are also by products of ...Niacin and Nicotinic acid are also by products of the oxidation (burning) of nicotine. Nicotinic acid is part of the B family of vitamins. Nicotinic acid has many noted positive effects:<br /><br />"Niacin is a dietary precursor for the coenzymes NAD+ and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP), which are involved in a number of metabolic functions such as DNA synthesis (Hageman & Stierum 2001), glycolysis, fatty acid synthesis and cellular respiration (Kobayashi & Shimizu 1999). NAD+ exerts potent effects through a number of enzymes that alter protein function, regulate apoptosis, DNA repair, stress resistance, metabolism and endocrine signalling (Sauve 2008). NADH, the reduced form of beta-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, is also synthesised from niacin (B3) and is required to supply protons for oxidative phosphorylation (Depeint et al 2006). Like chromium, vitamin B3 is an important component of glucose tolerance factor. Niacin can also be preferentially converted from tryptophan, and as a result a deficiency of niacin can impact on other functions of tryptophan, such as neurotransmitter production."<br /><br />https://www.inkling.com/read/herbs-natural-supplements-braun-cohen-3rd/vitamin-b3--niacin/ch132-reader-0<br />http://tobaccodocuments.org/product_design/2022163015-3016.html<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niacin<br />http://scienceblogs.com/moleculeoftheday/2008/04/28/niacin-nicotine-vitamins/nickpwnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04325344309648086608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-90120390801349431402013-08-11T21:21:50.275-07:002013-08-11T21:21:50.275-07:00I'd like to commend that you have written an i...I'd like to commend that you have written an informative and helpful article for everybody. Thanks for sharing this! Have a nice day.lung cancer alternative treatmentshttp://www.newhopemedicalcenter.com/lung-cancernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-31033702309076250162013-08-09T10:32:52.321-07:002013-08-09T10:32:52.321-07:00Anecdotal, but it still makes me wonder:
My paren...Anecdotal, but it still makes me wonder:<br /><br />My parents each lived to be 80 years old. Both smoked two packs a day for most of their adult lives. My mother was born prematurely in 1925 - surviving that was an achievement in itself - but it left her vulnerable to lung issues all her life. Even so, she took up smoking at 16, and never quit.<br /><br />My mother cooked a somewhat healthier than average version of the Standard American Diet. Neither of my parents were any less well on average than anyone else we knew. <br /><br />My father got prostate cancer when he got older, but so do many other men. It eventually spread. When he was 79 he was urged to undergo chemopoisoning, but he declined, saying he'd had a good life and it was time to go.<br /><br />I have a suspicion that my mother lived as long as she did because she stopped going to the doctor when she was 61. The doc gave her a stern, I'm-the-authority lecture that she'd have to quit smoking or he'd stop seeing her. She said "Screw that guy" and stopped seeing him, instead. So she lived another 19 years, possibly because she was never prescribed all those "life-saving" (mostly poison, IMO) drugs the docs hand out so freely.<br /><br />I'm tempted to take up smoking... mostly for the anti-anxiety effects.<br /><br /><br />t_biggsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-31840551407293952842013-08-09T01:31:40.144-07:002013-08-09T01:31:40.144-07:00There was also another link I found elsewhere that...<br />There was also another link I found elsewhere that stated that pipe and cigar smokers who don't inhale, generally absorb far more nicotine than cigarette smokers who inhale...so if you're looking for the benefits of nicotine, pipes and cigars would be the best way to go.<a href="http://www.eloboostlol.com/" rel="nofollow">lol boost review</a><br /><a href="http://www.eloboostlol.com/" rel="nofollow">Buy LOL Boost</a><br />LOL game goldhttp://www.eloboostlol.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-37185321521625946322013-08-08T19:32:46.186-07:002013-08-08T19:32:46.186-07:00Just a word of warning for the budding commercial ...Just a word of warning for the budding commercial cigarette smokers out there.<br /><br />Commercial cigarerettes are made with fire accelerants (as tobacco naturally absorbs moisture) to increase burn rates, to get a crisper smoke and of course more smoking.<br /><br />Now anyone who has smoked a cigar knows that untreated tobacco naturally extinguishes itself if there is no draw, leave a cigar in an ash tray or stop puffing on a pipe and it extinguishes in due course. <br /><br />Now according to libtards apparently all fires known to man kind are attributable to lit cigarettes, the response? Put flame retardants (with toxic chemicals) in the cigarette papers. That's right, fire accelerants in the tobacco and fire retardants in the paper! The fact that smokers swear the new 'fireproof' cigarettes make them sick doesn't matter. <br /><br />So stick with MYO (make your own) if cigarettes are a must.<br /><br />Or (Catholics avert your eyes) have a go at snuff, apperently it was worked for monks, Popes and saints alike.<br /><br />http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1762/in_the_habit_a_history_of_catholicism_and_tobacco.aspx#.UgRK7SphiK1Johnycomelatelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-7665902171736635822013-08-08T13:36:44.399-07:002013-08-08T13:36:44.399-07:00Anonymous trained doctor - I provided a link to th...Anonymous trained doctor - I provided a link to the online book where most of the citations come from: <br /><br />http://www.scribd.com/doc/102140682/Nicotine-Benefits-2<br /><br />Keoni Galtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-71649693948323071532013-08-08T09:09:18.259-07:002013-08-08T09:09:18.259-07:00Hi there very controversial arguments made, as a t...Hi there very controversial arguments made, as a trained doctor myself this goes against everything we have been taught. I would love to delve deeper into your research but the referencing is quite terrible. Would you mind adding in the Year of Publication at least for all sources quoted?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-57086511954951797662013-08-08T08:43:22.020-07:002013-08-08T08:43:22.020-07:00If no one's mentioned it, Dr William Campbell ...If no one's mentioned it, Dr William Campbell Douglas wrote a book about the subjuect called "The Health Benefits of Tobacco".bwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-33383077647759757712013-08-08T02:11:31.840-07:002013-08-08T02:11:31.840-07:00"The one man anyone can trust, and who knows ..."The one man anyone can trust, and who knows the most about life, is the man who smokes cigars."<br /><br />You mean like Rush Limbaugh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-25182602821901113142013-08-07T21:21:57.701-07:002013-08-07T21:21:57.701-07:00I've smoked a huge bowl of Dunhill Nightcap in...I've smoked a huge bowl of Dunhill Nightcap in my car when it was raining. I thought I would never get the smell of Latakia out. It was gone by five days later. Not that I would mind if it didn't!SpikeGomesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-27107278812213164722013-08-07T16:40:58.283-07:002013-08-07T16:40:58.283-07:00The one issue I definately have found with cigaret...The one issue I definately have found with cigarette smokers is emphysema. <br /><br />The main issue seems to be that filters produce fine particulate which lodges in the lungs and obstructs breathing. <br /><br />http://www.naturalnews.com/035766_cigarettes_glass_fibers_lung_damage.html (yeh, not a good site but I was too lazy to rummage through my bookmarks to find research papers). <br /><br />Filterless hand rolling is time consuming and Filterless tubes for make your own aren't common yet. <br /><br />Cigars are expensive (damned Australian bureaucrats and their taxes, 30$ for a stogie!) and pipes are no good for a quickie.<br /><br />So I have been researching 'e-cigarettes' and lo and behold (HL, you might find this interesting) they are being banned as a drug delivery mechanism! I guess they're too difficult to tax. Don't want the serfs getting their dirty little hands on cheap nicotine...Johnycomelatelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-27220531016884054702013-08-07T13:39:28.742-07:002013-08-07T13:39:28.742-07:00"You addressed disease, but what about nicoti...<i>"You addressed disease, but what about nicotine addiction?"</i><br /><br />What about it?<br /><br />I've found it to be no problem whatsoever....but then, I've also read that nicotine addiction is more a function of a cigarette smoker inhaling smoke on a habitual basis, rather then nicotine itself being "as addictive as crack cocaine or heroin."<br /><br />I've smoked pipe/cigars for 3 weeks straight on a daily basis, then abstained completely for 5 days straight without any problem or withdrawal symptom whatsoever.Keoni Galtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-22675038161211330512013-08-07T13:30:14.211-07:002013-08-07T13:30:14.211-07:00@ Hearth - As a pipe and cigar smoker, I find ciga...@ Hearth - As a pipe and cigar smoker, I find cigarette smoke highly irritable as well. I notice regular Big Tobacco cigarette smoke really lingers, and smells acrid and bitter. Not so with the pipe tobacco. <br /><br />While I don't smoke cigars indoors, I often smoke my pipe indoors. I, nor my wife (a total non-smoker of any sorts) ever notices a lingering smoke smell indoors.<br /><br />I think Big Tobacco cigarette additives have something to do with it.<br /><br />@ HanSolo - No problem Han...didn't even come across your guys blog until Vox put you in the Top 10 Game blogs list yesterday. Always happy to link to red pill blogs as I come across them!Keoni Galtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-14712526810611894432013-08-07T12:08:32.624-07:002013-08-07T12:08:32.624-07:00Thanks for adding us to your Mo'olelo 'aua...Thanks for adding us to your Mo'olelo 'auana. We will add you to our blog shortly.<br /><br />And FTR, I think the manmade portion of global warming is exaggerated.HanSolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11271543248295904918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-88241832210081910502013-08-07T08:07:40.212-07:002013-08-07T08:07:40.212-07:00Hearth, if you have allergies you might want to tr...Hearth, if you have allergies you might want to try a probiotic supplement. I find it helps. Lena S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-75904275298358835762013-08-07T07:16:40.551-07:002013-08-07T07:16:40.551-07:00Anecdotal only: I am personally highly aversive/a...Anecdotal only: I am personally highly aversive/allergic to cigarette smoke... cold symptoms if I'm forced to be around it very long. <br /><br />BUT I find this only really hits me when I also have to breath SoCal air. I spent two years in Santa Cruz hanging out with smokers - and was only bothered when I was in a closed room with them for an extended period of time.<br /><br />Connection? My theory is that the air quality is so rotten that any little irritant (smoke is an irritant) kicks you over the horizon very quickly. My body is already dealing with about 110% of what it can deal with as far as air-borne annoyance. The last thing I need is more smoke!<br /><br />But if I moved to somewhere with clean air... that might change. (I eat a nutrient dense diet, so that's not a variable). <br /><br />This may also explain why California is so very VERY anti-smoking. It really *does* make me miserable when you're smoking 25 feet from me, outside. :p<br /><br />Take it FWIW. <br /><br />PS- I find taking high doses of Vit C helps out with the air-quality allergies. I snagged that from a "more Vit C will help you with your smoking related ailments" blurb I read somewhere, and it has stuck. My doc thinks I'm nuts, but hey.Hearthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755578765945858847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-11551779965626452792013-08-07T05:19:47.421-07:002013-08-07T05:19:47.421-07:00You addressed disease, but what about nicotine add...You addressed disease, but what about nicotine addiction?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-87074938178390221842013-08-06T20:06:18.093-07:002013-08-06T20:06:18.093-07:00P.S.:
Our state legalized marijuana last year. In...P.S.:<br /> Our state legalized marijuana last year. In the city of Seattle, it's legal to smoke marijuana in public places, but illegal to smoke tobacco. Pot's also taxed at a lower rate; and it's easier to get a business license to sell marijuana than it is to sell cigarettes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com