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[vre]

Faustino, congratulations on your 100th post. BUT please quit the smoking complaints please. We like it - you don't. Aint nothing new and it wont get resolved - esp. here in Turkey.

[Faustino]

I don't mind smoking at all. After all, it's what separates us from the animals, along with all the other creative ways we've found to do ourselves in.

[Baba Alex]

[Faustino]

I think David Jones did, but I'm not sure about the rest of the band. The sixties was a crazy time, apparently.

[Faustino]

A belated happy new year to all you smokers out there. Remember - smoking is cool.


Increased risk for smokers


Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (gum disease), Muscle injuries, Angina (20 x risk), Neck pain, Back pain, Nystagmus (abnormal eye movements), Buerger’s Disease (severe circulatory disease), Ocular Histoplasmosis (fungal eye infection), Duodenal ulcer, Osteoporosis (in both sexes), Cataract (2 x risk), Osteoarthritis, Cataract, posterior subcapsular (3 x risk), *beep* (inability to have an erection), Colon, Polyps, Peripheral vascular disease, Crohn’s Disease (chronic inflamed bowel), Pneumonia, Depression, Psoriasis (2 x risk), Diabetes (Type 2, non-insulin dependent),
Skin wrinkling (2 x risk), Hearing loss, Stomach ulcer, Influenza, Rheumatoid arthritis (for heavy smokers) [v], Impotence (2 x risk), Tendon injuries, Optic Neuropathy (loss of vision, 16 x risk), Tobacco Amblyopia (loss of vision), Ligament injuries, Tooth loss, Macular degeneration (eyes, 2 x risk), Tuberculosis,





Function impaired in smokers


Ejaculation (volume reduced), Sperm count reduced, Fertility (30% lower in women), Sperm motility impaired, Immune System (impaired), Sperm less able to penetrate the ovum, Menopause (onset 1.74 years early on average), Sperm shape abnormalities increased,





Symptoms worse in smokers


Asthma, Graves’ disease (over-active thyroid gland), Chronic rhinitis (chronic inflammation of the nose), Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetic retinopathy (eyes), Optic Neuritis (eyes).






Disease more severe or persistent in smokers

Common cold, Pneumonia, Crohn’s Disease (chronic inflamed bowel), Tuberculosis, Influenza.




Don't worry too much though, smokers. These things are well worth the risk when you remember that smoking is cool.

[the pusherman]

does anyone know if Michael Nesmith was a smoker? Or, even better, have a photo of him with a f a g (Brit English meaning) in his mouth?
He was certainly far cooler than David Jones.

[gelin]

Don't know if he was a smoker or not, but wasn't it his mother who invented "White Out"? I know it was one of their mothers who did.

[Faustino]

It was definitely the mother of one of the Monkeys that invented 'liquid paper' or 'tippex' or 'white out'. I think it was Mickey Dolenz.

Is anyone aout there a fan of Frank Zappa? He appeared in one episode of the Monkeys' TV series, in which he walked across the front of the shot accompanied by a goat.

[molly farquharson]

Faustino, I can tell you from experience that smoking does not bring on early menopause, maalesef. I always heard that each cigarette cuts off 10 minutes of one's life, but i figure it comes off the end, so if I live to be only 89 instead of 90, oh well.

[ImanH]

I gave up just over 4 weeks ago.
For the most part I'm doing really well and don't think about it at all, except for those little reminders of what I'm missing,
like this thread.

[Faustino]

I hope you don't fall back into smoking when/if you come to Turkey, Iman. This country has a higher percentage of adult smokers than any other country in Europe.

[the pusherman]

I'm pretty sure it was Michael Nesmith. He was also the only one (to my knowledge) to have any kind of musical career after the group split up. I still don't know if he was a smoker, though

[Faustino]

What exactly is it that you're pushing?

BTW, 'pusherman' is a great Curtis Mayfield track. Are you familiar with it?

[the pusherman]

actually, I am Curtis Mayfield

[Faustino]

How's death been treating you for the past few years? I've heard the afterlife isn't all it's cracked up to be.