


Move over alcohol, brain damage has a new buddy









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what a load of crap
By cgrecu77 on 6/26/2009 9:13:44 AM , Rating: 2
this so called research is.

40 years ago, the vast majority of americans were smokers. One would expect to see a much higher than usual percentage of brain damaged people in that demographic group, which doesn't exist.

Which is an obvious proof(or at least makes it extremely likely) that smoking DOESN'T trigger brain damage.

So this research is kind of similar to saying that "Getting out of your house could kill you due to falling bricks". Yes, it's possible and no, it almost never happens.

Why are we wasting research dollars on such meaningless topics is beyond me. We already know that smoking is very bad for your health. Find a cure for cancer instead, do something useful, don't waste your time and our money.

RE: what a load of crap
By technoburg on 6/27/2009 12:38:48 PM , Rating: 2
It is backed up by other research. You your self admit that it is dangerous to one's health. You want us to pay for a cure to something that could be prevented in the first place? How lame! Prevention is 99.9% of the cure. Don't do the behavior that leads to deleterious health and there will be no need to find cures for things like aids, lung cancer, liver cancer, mouth cancer, throat cancer, stomach cancer, etc. These are all lifestyle choice diseases that people chose to get as a consequence of their behavior and one of main reasons why health care costs are skyrocketing - up over 9% this year alone!

RE: what a load of crap
By robinthakur on 6/29/2009 11:40:00 AM , Rating: 2
You're an imbecile of the lowest order. When you say AIDS I assume you mean HIV, and in what possible way would people who caught HIV through no fault of their own make a lifestyle choice? Your homophobia and bigotry shine through your post, moron. Likewise there are people who get lung cancer who have never smoked in their lives and others who are pre-disposed to congenital cancer. As you would tritely say, you are LAME!

