Smokers are a dying breed. If they wanna burn there hard earned money on getting cancer. Go for it. It'll only help clear the line up as they get older :-)

busterwa said...

In my trade (heavy industry) there is alot of people who smoke there is also alot of people who are ****en lazy. .Lets not be judgmental or confuse the two. Just cause your sitting in an orifice on a computer earning **** money .

Tell us your gross earning and ill tell you how smart smokers are.

Go talk **** about football for half an hour.

????? 165K not smoking!!!!!!

jamdfingr said...
An interesting fact I heard... and Im not saying this in a judgemental way....

95% of people who have mental health issues... are smokers....

This is from a South Australian Health Professional who works in Communtiy Health....

Non-smoker here and I thought that sounded a bit high

www.tobaccoinaustralia.org.au/chapter-1-prevalence/1-10-prevalence-of-smoking-in-other-high-risk-sub-

Among mentally ill in-patients with co-existing alcohol and other drug problems, smoking rates as high as 90% have been observed

So 90% of a small sub-sector of the mentally ill smoke.

jamdfingr said...

I dont understand why kids still smoke today....

Me neither...I guess it's a peer/coolness issue with kids (still). Also, when you're a kid, coolness rates so much higher than mortality & health.

95% of people who have mental health issues... are smokers....

Maybe it's because they have a mental health issue that they either 'need' or 'choose' to smoke? Although I'm a NS, I think that may have bias written all over it?

Sorry, I got the figure wrong.

As I said, I had heard it second hand from someone else but as the bloke above mentioned, it is around 90% which I still find quite high.

I am not trying to make any points by it but simply found that it was a statistic that is staggering.

Generally, you would assume that this is due to the reason that people with mental health issues can be prone to addictive behaviours such as smoking and cannot excert the same level of self control as other people within the population.

This is the reason why government provides assistance to those people who wish to give up smoking because breaking the addiction is difficult for most people let alone putting mental health issues into the mix.

For the comment about breaks, you are far more productive when you do take regular breaks and allow your mind to relax and go again. Like any muscle, continuous use over long periods leads to fatigue and exhaustion. Doesnt really matter if you smoke on those breaks or post comments on seabreeze (...guilty...), taking a short break enables you to focus and produce better results while at work.

cisco said...


You are such a sanctimonious prick pr.

LOL

Glad i got under your skin.

I really do hope that i never ever think like you behave like you or have anything that remotely reminds people of you in any shape or form.
Indeed i find you quite ithyphallic.

jamdfingr said...
Generally, you would assume that this is due to the reason that people with mental health issues can be prone to addictive behaviours such as smoking and cannot excert the same level of self control as other people within the population.

Personally I thought it was because of the "co-existing alcohol and other drug problems" rather than the mental illness. Shrug.

The same report shows:
"35% among patients suffering from common mental disorders"

Is that higher than the norm?

doggie said...


What is ithyphallic?

It is a polite way of saying you're a dick

Wouldnt that be Quasi-Phallic? as in only a part time d!ck?

Or it could be Perma-Phallic... as in a full time d!ck!

Im not calling anyone a Phallic... just providing further ammo for the discussion....

poor relative said...

cisco said...
You are such a sanctimonious prick pr.

LOL

Glad i got under your skin.

I really do hope that i never ever think like you behave like you or have anything that remotely reminds people of you in any shape or form.
Indeed i find you quite ithyphallic.

I find you quite psychophallic. (Into brain phucking)

You will have no luck here. My chastity belt keeps me free.

Who will pay the extra tax if everyone gives up smoking.

Is there carbon tax on death sticks?

how about dening medical treatment for someone silly enough to get injured windsurfing or driving a car

Why not raise the legal age by one year, every year. Existings smokers could still smoke but that will be the last geneeration that does.

Medical treatmemt is denied to smokers
I am refused dental surgery until i quit.
I would like to see the documention of the
Statistics of smokers with mental health probls
Or is this just your imagination.
It is recognised that schitzophrenics have .
Beniforts from smoking as in
reduced episoded . Although its not understoof whu