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Title: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: aggie49 on January 23, 2011, 11:32:17 am
i know alot of people who smoke and drink i was one of them for many years i gave up drinking 5 years ago i still smoke and probably will for the rest of my life but i am so sick of everyone who says drinking is better then smoking i don't agree people don't smoke and go out and kill people they need to put all there attention on the drinking and leave the people who smoke alone. with all the new laws the drinkers still get off easier then the smokers do.let me no what you think :wave: :heart: :star: :star:
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: footemama on January 23, 2011, 12:16:29 pm
** All "you's" are in the general sense! :)

I think that what people are referring to when they say "worse" is that I can choose whether or not I drink with you but I can't choose whether or not I smoke with you, as soon as you light up I'm getting the second hand smoke. So even though you aren't going to kill me in a car accident (theoretically anyway), if I live with you or we spend a lot of time together you are still killing me. Slowly but it is still happening. And yes I know that not everyone who smokes dies of cancer or some other lung disease but it increases your risk and the risk of everyone else around you even if you only smoke moderately. If you only drink moderately and never drive after you drink then the chances of you affecting anyone else are very slim.

Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: syncflame on January 23, 2011, 01:17:13 pm
smoking can affect yourself a lot, but drinking can affected others like drunk driving or you making bad judgment but if you drink with people you trust like friends and family you should be ok. smoking is more of a individual thing
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: Dcownzu on January 23, 2011, 03:21:47 pm
smoking because it has more permanent affects
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: vitaliymitityuk on January 23, 2011, 06:32:12 pm
drinking-can lead to alcoholism
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: marlenen on January 23, 2011, 07:04:31 pm
well both are equally harmful in the short and long term
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: heatheri99 on January 23, 2011, 07:26:09 pm
I think smoking is the worst, because that smell is horrible and causes so many health probelms. Drinking does too, but smoking you are putting so muc toxins in your body and your lungs. I can not stand smokers
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: ktheodos on January 23, 2011, 07:28:05 pm
smoking is worse on a personal level, but I haven't heard of people getting killed by "smoking and driving" only "drinking and driving"......
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: sadblueyes1 on January 23, 2011, 08:09:17 pm
I think both are but it up to the people that do it, its there health
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: JessieKateRose on January 23, 2011, 08:22:46 pm
They're both kind of equally bad for you, it just depends on how much you do it and how you do it.
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: LaTashaS28 on January 23, 2011, 08:52:55 pm
Smoking and drinking is bad for you. Smoking is the worst because it can do a lot of harm to you and it turns your lungs black. I can't stand the smell of it and I just do not like being around someone who smokes. The smell tends to be too strong for me that it have me coughing. Drinking can affect you in so many ways, but I also know it can affect your health if you are an alcoholic.
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: supptrashcan on January 23, 2011, 10:53:07 pm
They are both awful for the body when used frequently.
I am an occasional drinker, but I limit myself so I don't become dependent.
I can't stand smoking though, I've never actually smoked a cigarette in my life.
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: sommap on January 24, 2011, 08:35:16 am
Have you ever lived with someone who suffered and died from lung cancer?  Well, I have, and it was a very hard time for all of us.  It was difficult to see my husband suffering and going through treatment and then slowly dying from the cancer.  He had been a smoker for most of his life.  Now I see my son-in-law smoking.  He usually smokes outside.  But, he often coughs until you think he is going to pass out.  He also saw his mother and father and grandfather die at a younger age as a result of their smoking and he still smokes.
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: anubabs on January 24, 2011, 08:57:52 am
one is not better than the other. they are both horrible!!!!
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: twol on January 24, 2011, 12:31:12 pm
I think drinking is slightly worse than smoking, since it can kill you so much faster. Alcohol poisoning? Kidney failure? Fatty liver... but that's usually reversible.
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: ladysurvivor on January 24, 2011, 01:58:24 pm
They are both extremely bad for you. With smoking, the non smokers get second hand smoke which are ruin their lives. My son and I both get bad headaches just walking by people that are smoking a lot or people that have a lot of smoke on them. Drinking is bad also, especially for you get behind a wheel of the car and drive. A friend's teenage daughter was killed by a drunk driver a few years ago. She had been a school working on getting things set up for the prom and was on her way home when someone drunk was driving 100 miles an hour without any lights on (this was at night) hit head on and ended up not only killing my friend's daughter but also the driver and 3 others in the car died. This was my friend's only child.

Both are bad for the one doing it, but they don't consider what happens to the other people that don't but it caught in the cross fire.
Title: Re: which is worst drinking or smoking
Post by: 2getherwewin on January 24, 2011, 02:00:23 pm
They both are not good for you.