Smoking cures Heart Disease

Marksf · #1 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006

I don't know how many people here smoke, but I found this article cool.

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BEIJING (Reuters) - A city in China, a country that's home to the world's most enthusiastic smokers, is crushing fake cigarettes to make medicine, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.

The north-western city of Xian is using the counterfeit cigarettes to extract solanesol, a compound found in tobacco which is used to treat cardiovascular disease, it said.
"We used to incinerate the fake cigarettes, which is wasteful and causes air pollution," Xinhua quoted Zhou Yaqing, vice director of the provincial tobacco monopoly, as saying. A kilo of solanesol is worth about $200, and 30 tons of tobacco leaf can produce up to 120 kilos, Xinhua added.

China is the world's largest cigarette producer, with a growing market of about 320 million. Chinese cigarettes are also among the cheapest in the world -- a packet can cost as little as 8 U.S. cents -- and smoking kills 1.2 million people a year in China, according to the World Health Organisation.
Fake cigarettes, made of poor quality tobacco and often topped up with wood chips, are commonly sold on Chinese streets.

So... next time someone tells you smoking is bad for you, tell them that is also can help people with cardiovascular disease.

#2 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006

everytime someone tells me smoking is bad for me, I tell them Nagging me is bad for them!!!

titansrule · #3 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006

No matter which way you look at it...Smoking is bad for you...I think most people have realised that in this day and age...Im not a goody two shoes ooh smoking kills preacher...But its kinda obvious it does...I mean one of my friends who smokes used to be really really good at soccer...Now he is absolute crap and can barely breathe...Just an example.

But meh. No point getting onto this.

#4 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006

obviously smoking is bad...who didn't know, but sometimes when you live the life you live, some things are hard to do. When you grow up in a house where your mom, dad, brother and sister do it, it's about 150% chance you will too.

titansrule · #5 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006

Yeah Im not blaming you for one second if thats the kind of situation...But people who take it up for the hell of it...I dont really roll with that one..

Marksf · #6 (**permalink**) 03-19-2006

I didn't mean to start a debate or an argument, I just found the article interesting.

RHCP · #7 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006

this article is interesting, i dont smoke, never will, but i know lots of people that do, and one thing i cant stand is when they blow smoke into my face, and i cant stand the smell of smoke lol, off topic, but oh well

#8 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006

you know what...I hate the smell of smoke too...and why anyone would just blow smoke in your face is because they are too immature to be smoking in the first place.

I know quite a few people that smoke that can't stand the smell of it. I hate going to a club or a bar and coming out reeking like smoke, yet I helped do it....get it??

This is why when I smoke, I go outside the house.