tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265610523848789127.post5405102011001272422..comments2023-10-12T03:27:57.081-06:00Comments on BIOSYNTRX BLOG: Smoking and AMDEllen Troyer, MT MAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00352758665225233448noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265610523848789127.post-55665026226025123132007-08-18T17:56:00.000-06:002007-08-18T17:56:00.000-06:00Politics and money aside, I always find it interes...Politics and money aside, I always find it interesting when a smoker with AMD shows up for an exam. All I do is shrug my shoulders and say, "sorry- it's your choice". <BR/>I've even had one of those patients say that he quit "everything else" but smoking was the one thing he was hanging on to!!<BR/><BR/>BUT as an ex-smoker, I realize the challenges of quitting. Not easy but considering the consequences, it's really a matter of life-or-death!Jeffrey Anshel, ODhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118085460602344149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265610523848789127.post-74551760533282544692007-08-14T15:49:00.000-06:002007-08-14T15:49:00.000-06:00Hey, what's your point here? A questionable Al Gor...Hey, what's your point here? A questionable Al Gore quote from 1999 is really really old news.<BR/><BR/>And you glossed over the fact that Al Gore did give up his income from tobacco farming, which almost NO large tobacco farmers have been willing to do.<BR/><BR/>And find me a national politician who has not accepted contributions from the tobacco industry. <BR/><BR/>This is a science-based blog, so don't knock the man who dared to stand up against an administration that completely ignores The National Academy of Science.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265610523848789127.post-37388730193639770722007-08-14T15:32:00.000-06:002007-08-14T15:32:00.000-06:00As an admirer of former vice president Al Gore, I’...As an admirer of former vice president Al Gore, I’m glad to hear that he no longer smokes or supports the tobacco industry. His sister, a smoker, died of lung cancer. In his senate campaign six years after his sister's death, Mr. Gore openly accepted campaign contributions from the political action committees of Philip Morris, Brown and Williams Tobacco Corp., RJR/Nabisco and the Smokeless Tobacco Council. And for several years after his sister died he continued to cash annual checks from the proceeds of his family's tobacco farm. <BR/><BR/>Asked why he continued to accept political contributions from the tobacco industry and to profit from tobacco farming, both politically and financially, for years after his sister's death, Mr. Gore replied, "It takes time to fully absorb the most important lessons of life." <BR/>Washington Times, July 25, 1999.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265610523848789127.post-5112715931281782122007-08-14T14:42:00.000-06:002007-08-14T14:42:00.000-06:00Growing tobacco is still legal because it makes mo...Growing tobacco is still legal because it makes money. Politicians don't have the guts to make it illegal even though they know it's as or more harmful than marijuana.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265610523848789127.post-46530704114710107532007-08-14T07:35:00.000-06:002007-08-14T07:35:00.000-06:00If smoking is so bad, why is tobacco growing still...If smoking is so bad, why is tobacco growing still legal and a big money crop in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com