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It's incredibly depressing how much Soimon Bridges undersells and disparages New Zealand. Here he calls us, "a fly". He thinks we're not good enough.
I would hate for this negative-thinking, hand-wringing, disappointed dad to become PM. He'd have New Zealand on its knees, licking the boots of the world in an instant.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/07/simon-bridges-likens-nz-us-free-trade-ambitions-to-fly-dealing-with-elephant.html
Not only do smokers endanger the lives of themselves and those around them. Not only are they a financial drag on their loved ones. Not only are they a terrible burden on the heath system.
Turns out they are the biggest polluters too.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2019/07/cigarette-butts-biggest-pollutant-caused-by-humans-experts-say.html
Its an absolutely disgraceful habit and one which is in fact very easy to kick.
reformed?
I used to smoke in my early 20s.
it dosnt work you know
What doesn't work?
berating smokers….indeed in some instances its likely counterproductive
They do need to get over it. Smoking is bad for their health and bad for the rest of us and bad for the planet.
lol….bad for their own health,? yes…bad for others? would doubt that with the restrictions imposed…bad for the planet?possibly but considerably less so than flying.
The government can ban smoking any day it likes.
However for some reason smoking is still legal.
And driving is also legal. And alcohol.
2 billion reasons….about twice as much as the (supposed) costs
I'm a reformed smoker and we are the worst. When driving past a pedestrian with a fag hanging out of his/her mouth, I have had to do battle with my impulse… to stop the car, get out and yank the fag out of their mouths while giving them a piece of my mind. 😈
Me too Anne, I stopped cold turkey in 1991 when I had a terrible head cold – the fags tasted ghastly and I had ran out and simply couldn't be bothered about getting to the dairy to replenish my supply. It was also the day of our second son's 21st birthday BBQ and it suddenly occurred to me that I may like to stay alive to welcome some grandchildren into our family. I can't stand the smell of cigarettes now – they have me on the point of gagging.
I can't stand the smell of cigarettes now…
Vile smell.
Gave up 15 years ago love the smell of a freshly lit smoke . Plan to start again at 80 .
pretty much me …
*Just 100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions
I visited a beach at Cadiz were the Mediteranean Sea empties into the Atlantic Ocean , wondering what the football field sized sand drifts 600 mm high were ,I kicked one, solid cigarette butts.
one which is in fact very easy to kick
Bollocks to that. Giving up nicotine is one of the hardest things i've ever done in my life. Been nearly 30 years now and i would never go back.
But it's over in about a month. Not like alcohol which stays with an addict forever.
But it's over in about a month.
That was not my experience. The biggest danger point, at least for me, was actually at three months. Then six months. And even a year. Though i would never go back i still enjoy a bit of blow-by. People think i am being polite when i stand outside with the smokers.
I've never managed to get addicted to alcohol although my consumption through a couple of periods in my life would be considered as alcoholic.
Today’s open mike brought to by the QUIT program.