John Hrivnak has worked in the health field for the last 18 years as a Registered Nurse. Their are alot of incurable or unpreventable diseases, however quitting smoking can be one of the best things any smoker can do for his health. Support and help can be found on many websites. I've listed a good one below. Use it or not Just QUIT SMOKING. http://informationinstantly.com/Quit-Smoking-News.html John A. Hrivnak http://NursingSiteJobs.com
Have you ever watched a 40's or 50's movie in black and white? I love them. They always have great story lines. What also is always present is the amount of cigarette smoking that went on in them. Always a filter less cigarette. The cigarette smoking was always made to appear "romantic" and "high class". The actors would always be dressed to the nines, with a drink in one hand, and a cigarette in the other. Who knew then what problems would lay ahead for many of those same smokers.
- Some reasons are not mentioned as much. Like the hardened wrinkles that all long term smokers have. Or being denied surgeries because there breathing
There are a lot of differences in the attitude of many years ago and today. The movies and advertisements of many years ago portrayed smoking as something as normal as breathing. Another fact is that the care packages that was sent to the US GI's during WWII, all contained filter less cigarettes. Many of the older Veterans that I have taken care of have told me that they began smoking from those same cigarettes sent to the front lines. In contrast, anyone younger around the age of 40 years old and younger, have been brought up with the knowledge that tobacco is dangerous and should be avoided.
Smoking and other uses of tobacco, after a period of time, create a strong addiction. This compulsion to smoke is increased with the amount of time the smoker has been smoking. In most senior citizen smokers this has been a number of decades long.
So the next time you see an older person smoking, don't be judgmental. Remember this: when they were younger they were told that nothing is wrong with smoking, and in a lot of ways they were bombarded with messages that smoking was actually GOOD for them. Maybe some day soon, people will not smoke and tobacco can be used for another reason. Like a new fuel source for instance.
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