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If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?

 
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If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
Cigarettes i mean. What's the agenda behind this one? All of a sudden, all at the same time countries like US, UK, Canada, Australia, half of Europe all brought in the same kind of smoking bans in pubs, bars, work places, etc and then a big social media/TV driven campaign to chastise smokers followed on from that.

It's now 'uncool' to take a selfie with a cigarette in your hand and even at events such as music festivals smokers are herded off into some obscure corner and told to smoke over there away from everyone.

You are told to throw out the cigarettes and pick up a smoothie or some vitamins instead.

You'll rarely see younger kids smoking or taking up the habit anymore, at all.

I'm not trying to discuss whether smoking is good or bad for long term health but i'm wondering why all of a sudden after having the tobacco companies in their pocket for decades the elite suddenly developed a conscience and started pushing the 'smoking=death' angle on everyone?
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02/19/2017 09:24 AM
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
'Smokes one while reading this'
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
Wake up and smell the cigarette smoke. Where did you get the idea that 'they' want people to stop smoking?

They are not interested in losing the tobacco tax revenue.

They are not interested in losing all the money that is ripped off from people due to the complications of smoking.

The tobacco companies were forced into making a few anti-smoking commercials.

What you are talking about doesn't exist.
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02/19/2017 09:28 AM
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Wake up and smell the cigarette smoke. Where did you get the idea that 'they' want people to stop smoking?

They are not interested in losing the tobacco tax revenue.

They are not interested in losing all the money that is ripped off from people due to the complications of smoking.

The tobacco companies were forced into making a few anti-smoking commercials.

What you are talking about doesn't exist.
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Dumbass.
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02/19/2017 09:32 AM
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
nicotine crosses the blood brain barrier
probably clears pineal of fluoride etc.
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02/19/2017 09:36 AM
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
I don't smoke but I read somewhere here on GLP that smoking Tobacco cuts through the haze of chemtrails & fluoride we are subject to, ultimately leading to mental clarity. Which is something the elites cannot allow.
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
Wake up and smell the cigarette smoke. Where did you get the idea that 'they' want people to stop smoking?

They are not interested in losing the tobacco tax revenue.

They are not interested in losing all the money that is ripped off from people due to the complications of smoking.

The tobacco companies were forced into making a few anti-smoking commercials.

What you are talking about doesn't exist.
 Quoting: tibetbill 73728811


This. They can't afford the loss of taxes. The cigarette companies make money and later the medical establishment makes money. Before cigarettes, there was just pipes, cigars and snuff. The wealthy used snuff. In fact, there are snuff boxes at Parliament and the US Senate with snuff in them for members to use.

Meanwhile, nasal snuff is being attacked by the EU. It's the safest form of tobacco use with zero reported cancer cases. Yet, the EU has chosen to target it with excessive fees. They put Molens de Kralingse out of business this year.

Any store in America is stockpiled with cigarettes. You won't find nasal snuff, though, except for the odd ones at grocery stores in southern states. I have to order snuff from England because of the federal government's stupidity.

Consider that black guy choked out by cops in New York. If taxes on cigarettes were not so high, there would have been no market for that guy to be selling single cigarettes on the street corner.
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
They want to give you the impression that they care about your health.
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
Guess you don't know who the "elites" are, here's a hint, there's only a handful and they want you dead.
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
Wake up and smell the cigarette smoke. Where did you get the idea that 'they' want people to stop smoking?

They are not interested in losing the tobacco tax revenue.

They are not interested in losing all the money that is ripped off from people due to the complications of smoking.

The tobacco companies were forced into making a few anti-smoking commercials.

What you are talking about doesn't exist.
 Quoting: tibetbill 73728811


Whenever something is pushed onto the population it's generally pushed from those at the top. There has been a huge stigma attached to smoking cigarettes for over 10 years or more now, a huge push encouraging smokers to quit, not just from commercials either. Why did all these smoking bans suddenly spring up at the same time in multiple different countries?
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Smoking cigarettes prevents lung cancer. Not good for your heart and arteries. But the major cause of lung cancer is radiation. Think about fuka.
mondali
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02/19/2017 09:49 AM
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
Notice pot is on the upswing, yes they will tax the absolute shit out of it, and GMO it to death too
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
Cigarettes i mean. What's the agenda behind this one? All of a sudden, all at the same time countries like US, UK, Canada, Australia, half of Europe all brought in the same kind of smoking bans in pubs, bars, work places, etc and then a big social media/TV driven campaign to chastise smokers followed on from that.

It's now 'uncool' to take a selfie with a cigarette in your hand and even at events such as music festivals smokers are herded off into some obscure corner and told to smoke over there away from everyone.

You are told to throw out the cigarettes and pick up a smoothie or some vitamins instead.

You'll rarely see younger kids smoking or taking up the habit anymore, at all.

I'm not trying to discuss whether smoking is good or bad for long term health but i'm wondering why all of a sudden after having the tobacco companies in their pocket for decades the elite suddenly developed a conscience and started pushing the 'smoking=death' angle on everyone?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74099093


Question) Why do the elite want people to stop smoking?

Answer) So they can pretend they care about our health.
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
Wake up and smell the cigarette smoke. Where did you get the idea that 'they' want people to stop smoking?

They are not interested in losing the tobacco tax revenue.

They are not interested in losing all the money that is ripped off from people due to the complications of smoking.

The tobacco companies were forced into making a few anti-smoking commercials.

What you are talking about doesn't exist.
 Quoting: tibetbill 73728811


You're a fool.

They spend 100's of millions of tax dollars on TV, radio, and other media commercials to try and get people to stop smoking.

Since more people die of alcohol related illness (including DUI) why aren't they spending that kind of money on stopping alcohol?
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
It's a make work program.
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
nicotine crosses the blood brain barrier
probably clears pineal of fluoride etc.
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clappa
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
nicotine crosses the blood brain barrier
probably clears pineal of fluoride etc.
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clappa
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68752153


Likely true. Studies are showing that nicotine can help prevent/alleviate Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

So, who are the anti smoking people? Those who believe whatever government says. I see leftards smoking and I see people on the right smoking. Statists are the anti smoking zealots.

Want peace? Sit down and have a pipe or cigar with your enemy. You'll have an enjoyable experience together. The Indians knew what they were talking about with the peace pipe stuff.

If you smoke, you should be able to do so in public places. If a restaurant allows smoking, I can decide if I want to frequent the place or not. Choice. Something statists hate.
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
nicotine crosses the blood brain barrier
probably clears pineal of fluoride etc.
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hesright
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
Money makes the world go round kids. JS
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
Smoke screen

Harder to hack your mind.
Seriously
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
I've always wondered the same thing. Nicotine must have some protective effect or make the body less useful or desirable to malevolent influence. Remember "the smoking man", the nemesis of Mulder and Skully...he symbolized that the elite know something about nicotine. "Flouride good, nicotine bad!"
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
Cigarettes i mean. What's the agenda behind this one? All of a sudden, all at the same time countries like US, UK, Canada, Australia, half of Europe all brought in the same kind of smoking bans in pubs, bars, work places, etc and then a big social media/TV driven campaign to chastise smokers followed on from that.

It's now 'uncool' to take a selfie with a cigarette in your hand and even at events such as music festivals smokers are herded off into some obscure corner and told to smoke over there away from everyone.

You are told to throw out the cigarettes and pick up a smoothie or some vitamins instead.

You'll rarely see younger kids smoking or taking up the habit anymore, at all.

I'm not trying to discuss whether smoking is good or bad for long term health but i'm wondering why all of a sudden after having the tobacco companies in their pocket for decades the elite suddenly developed a conscience and started pushing the 'smoking=death' angle on everyone?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74099093



Nicotine makes humans resistant to brainwashing, mind-shaping and various types of herd response social signalling.
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Smoking cigarettes prevents lung cancer. Not good for your heart and arteries. But the major cause of lung cancer is radiation. Think about fuka.
 Quoting: mondali1


From what I've read over the years,polumium 210 from the above ground nuke tests contaminated the tobacco and that's when smoking became unhealthy. Now a days it's unhealthy from all the additives.

I smoke now more than ever because back in the day my grandpa told me that smoking in high radiation areas help protect the lungs from hot particials and made them easier to cough out.
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my thinking is they know THE doom event is coming, and the more people they can get off the cigs the less crazed motherfuckers going cold turkey for their imported smokes in the immediate aftermath they have to deal with
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They want the slaves to be healthy so that we can work longer hours for them.
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
Big bucks. That's why.
Big tobacco owns more than half of the patents for the stuff used to help you *quit*.
From the oral drugs to nicorette. They make money hand over fist, wether you smoke or try to quit.

Most people fail quitting the first few times too, so money keeps rolling in.

The only thing they didn't initially invent was vaping and the smoking fake cigarette. So what do you think they did?
They went after the company that did invent it, and tried to put them out of business .
When that didn't work, they worked tirelessly until they came up with their own versions of these items that didn't impinge on the original patent.
Took a long time to do that too, but they finally did .
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Thought I read some where that smoking, or ingesting smoke originated because it was thought to keep evil doers and demons away
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Cigarettes i mean. What's the agenda behind this one? All of a sudden, all at the same time countries like US, UK, Canada, Australia, half of Europe all brought in the same kind of smoking bans in pubs, bars, work places, etc and then a big social media/TV driven campaign to chastise smokers followed on from that.

It's now 'uncool' to take a selfie with a cigarette in your hand and even at events such as music festivals smokers are herded off into some obscure corner and told to smoke over there away from everyone.

You are told to throw out the cigarettes and pick up a smoothie or some vitamins instead.

You'll rarely see younger kids smoking or taking up the habit anymore, at all.

I'm not trying to discuss whether smoking is good or bad for long term health but i'm wondering why all of a sudden after having the tobacco companies in their pocket for decades the elite suddenly developed a conscience and started pushing the 'smoking=death' angle on everyone?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74099093


Its all feel good bullshit. They secretly relish the revenue that tobacco sales bring in.
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02/19/2017 11:05 AM
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
Don't know, but did read the L&M papers, that were exhibits during the tobacco trials of years back. One thing they revealed is that smokers, from as young as 16 to seniors, experienced an alpha wave response that lasted (forget exactly) 10 to 20 minutes. This was believed to create a psychological addiction to tobacco.

During WWI, cigarettes were part of every soldier's kit. one reason is that they stopped shock when a soldier was shot or otherwise wounded, increasing the chance of survival.

Another was that they increased reaction time, which has been proven in scientific research, using an automobile mock-up. Reaction time (hitting the brake, steering) when an obstacle appeared before the test subjects was faster for those who had used tobacco before the test.

Those are a few reasons that come to mind. In WWI, it was believed that a soldier could spot the enemy soldier and shoot faster with tobacco use. That was when they were hiding in trenches and would pop up and shoot. Rather like a real life game of Whack a Mole.

Draw your own conclusions, or better yet, do research. Doubt if google would be useful for this, but there are probably sites where such information is still available. Haven't looked in years.
"I would rather take a political risk in pursuit of peace, than risk peace in pursuit of politics." - Donald Trump
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Big bucks. That's why.
Big tobacco owns more than half of the patents for the stuff used to help you *quit*.
From the oral drugs to nicorette. They make money hand over fist, wether you smoke or try to quit.

Most people fail quitting the first few times too, so money keeps rolling in.

The only thing they didn't initially invent was vaping and the smoking fake cigarette. So what do you think they did?
They went after the company that did invent it, and tried to put them out of business .
When that didn't work, they worked tirelessly until they came up with their own versions of these items that didn't impinge on the original patent.
Took a long time to do that too, but they finally did .
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 47272868


hmmm - interesting.

Like promoting the idea that butter was bad when they were selling margarine and hydrogenated cottonseed oil (Crisco?)for human consumption?

Or condemning eggs when the "egg beaters" substitute was being sold for the first time?

naw. Just coincidence.

Last Edited by Crazy Harriet on 02/19/2017 11:08 AM
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Re: If the elites don't care about our health why do they want people to stop smoking?
oxidized nicotine is niacin

smoking gives you massive amounts of niacin.
niacin helps rid your body of radiation toxicity but the lungs are not the best venue for that function

it is hard to quit smoking because you get used to all that niacin

niacinamide is not niacin





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