If a person would like to see a likely cause of any increases in cancer, there are two places that they might look. 1) In America, the stunning increase by corporate medicine in the use of ionizing radiation of different kinds, e.g. the CAT scan which is minimally 200 times the dose of a single chest x-ray. 2) Diesel exhaust contains not only more carcinogens in greater volume, it contains many more kinds of carcinogens and is ubiquitous in our environment, particularly around school children.
Enjoyed the video. I'm new to pipe smoking, but am glad to a certain extent on smoking being banned in SOME locations. Airplanes, trains and restaurants for example. I've always hated being around cigarette smoke in close-quarters. Now they're taking the smoking bans to extremes, and that's what I DON'T like about it. What's the point of selling tobacco if you're then not allowed to smoke it?
Japan has the highest per capita smokers and yet has the highest life expectancy along with the most productive citizens.USA with 20% smoking is MUCH, MUCH below. People who have lived longest were 90% of the times long term smokers.The oldest person who ever lived, Jeanne Calment smoked since she was 21 to 117 and quit only because she couldn't light her cigarette properly due to vision issues.She died at the age of 123.
Most of the facts out there like to tell the percentage of lung cancer related to smoking. But they don't like to say the percentage of smokers who contract lung cancer. its much less than you might think, and often based on very heavy smokers. As with most things, both sides have facts that prove their points. You just have to decide if its worth the risk to you, whatever that risk might be, because who the hell knows, really?
smoke to relax, ultimately what keeps u relaxed is something u need to know about, im sure its not smoking or drinks which relaxes u for a while but the passion for something that keeps u relaxed as u work for a longer time. nice to get to know about the views though, thank you.
I want to believe you, but isnt smoking scientifically proven to cause deadly diseases such as cancer? I now realise that I have never been shown proof that it does, nor have I seen any proof that it doesn't, since watching this video.
I don't smoke, many people enjoy it and say its relaxing, but I have found that the more one relies on natural and iner ways of relaxation the better.. such as meditation, prayer, enjoying a nice walk in the woods or a park, or a simple nap to re-energize the body... you don't need to rely on external substances such as smoking, drinking alcohol, or drugs.. just go within and calm your soul.. take a deep breath,close your eyes and smile.. and feel gratitude for all the good in your life =)
@thelifeuwant Well I know natural methods are best, but smoking is mostly undertaken by very busy corporate guys like me... me and my colleagues are working non stop and are under huge pressure. Very little free time too..Smoking is an instant relaxation.. 1 cig smoked under 2 mins and you're perfectly relaxed.. Though I should seriously reconsider my lifestyle..
just because some people are lucky and dont get sick from smoking doesnt mean the ones that do get sick from it arent sick because of smoking
and smoking doesnt relieve all stress, if any so your always going to have stress to worry about, and its scientifically prooven to cause all the bad effects, prooven over decades of research
not to mention smoking lowers the quality of life, including the quality of sex life
but in conclusion it is definitely better to not smoke at all.
@chizzy555 Maybe you read the book called smokescreens, it takes another look at the so called 'research' non smokers keep talking about and cancer rates after the ban..
1 in 80000 people die from the effects of second hand smoke,12.5 ,the difference in people that are not exposed is 10 people.hardly a basis for any real concern.
go to your local farmfoods and ask people that come out if they smoke, the majority will say yes, and the majority will be fat!
tea and coffee, although not drunk by me alot, does not harm anyone else in the taking of that substance.
where as smoking gives of a polluting gas that harms others, you say that it does not harm others using anecdotal evidence , but the tar and other substances in the cigarette are carcinogenic .
If you like to smoke, fine do it somewhere you cant effect anybody
@Buttmunch5000 ,there may be 4000 chemicals in cigarette smoke, but at the same time, there are 10000 even worse chemicals in an avarage daily intake of food. Grilling releases more carcinogenic toxins into the air than smoking.
@Buttmunch5000 haha another guy conditioned into thinking 2nd hand smoke is bad. I wonder if stone age men complained about the smoke from their campfire. You should read the book 'smokescreens' to take a look at the 'research' that has been done that associates smoking with everything bad.
it's your own decision, some people has reasons, some kids start cause it's cool, and get stuck, I find myself inbetween, I recall hanging out with smokers, and having a tough time being frustrated and doing illegal shit simply because I thought I didn't give a shit, I now realize how fucking stupid I were, but that's not gonna help me stop now :| I've also come to realize that I find it immensely calming in stressfull situations.I still wouldn't reccommend it to anyone though.
One thing that really gets to me is that biochemically all "addictions" work in the same way, you know, if it's heroin or sweeties or child pornography or politics, it's all still the same mechanism, right? All this prohibition taking place all over the world seems to somehow, to me anyway, sugest that the ability to LIKE and ENJOY something, to feel an affection for something because whatever it is it makes YOU happy, should be banned completely and will be someday supposedly. Makes me sick..
I smoke, because I enjoy it. I would however not smoke if I were british and would have to pay 5 quid a pack (more than 7euros, roughly 10dollars). Making cocaine cost 50e a gram reduces usage, as does increasing sigarette prices. I smoke, but I don't recommend it to anyone, and that's why I think all these things are relatively good measures.
I smoke. I ldo it because I want to. I enjoy it. I will always smoke. If I die from it, oh well. There are a million other ways to die that will most likely kill me first.
In response to Trala52, while I agree some areas should be smoke free the ban has been used as a cataylist to ban them without commen sense from outdoor areas and in some areas even the sanctity of the personal home is under attack. There would be no personal rights of the soverign individual in America if everyone partook of the non-smoker attitude. Some may find the extreme overweight of many offensive, does this give them the right to approach them with life saving diet tips?
There are many cancer causing habits out there that all are being exposed to on a daily basis but yet no attention is given to those more serious causes. The cigarette is a convenient distraction from the truth. How many stand near a bus terminal or ride bikes on busy roads? Does anyone address the food additives they consume daily or the stress they let control their lives. It's a broader picture that needs to be understood. Everyones rights are under subtle attack and we are the tools.
Smoking??? The government worry that we smoke whilst they want to inject my five year old son with multiple vaccines containing mercury. The risk of serious reaction to the shot is many times greater than the risk of infection from any of the viruses it supposedly protects him from. Government has gone mad, if it were a dog it would be put down. If you've got them-smoke them.
Also, I forget to mention that many many people find cigarette smoke offensive. That is the main reason for cigarette bans. People's habits should not be intrusive and offend people who don't partake in it.
Although I disagree with your analysis of the harmlessness of cigarette smoke, be it directly or indirectly (my best friend's mother who was the most calm person in the world and was a non-smoker but was around smokers every day died of lung cancer) I must say that I enjoy your calm delivery of "shriveled naughty parts" and "shriveled up winkies". Glad that your smoking hasn't affected you, as some people have a natural immunity to it; problem is we don't know who. Take care.
@Trala52, a lot of things are thought to cause cancer. Dairy products have been found to be 3 times as cancerous as cigarette smoke, and yet are considered harmless.
thank you! Being an artist I'm what you call a meditative smoker... making art and smoking fit glove in hand ..you can almost lay money on a woman wearing black and smoking roll ups went to art school ! so, although I wasn't smoking at the time as soon as I heard of the ban I started again, to prove a point.. I make my own decisions and I don't need to be looked after by an increasingly nannying state I do enjoy your posts thank you for some intelligence and common sense
You're right, it's hypocrisy without boundaries. Many people are unable to understand that the same authorities (by compartmentalizing) are aware of the spraying of carcinogens in the air we all breathe. So if a smoker dies of cancer these days, it's questionable that the cause of the cancer is the smoking.
The government cares and loves us so much that i genuinely believe they want us to be healthy and well. Surely that is their agenda! They want our bodies and minds to be fit,healthy and well so we may all flower on this Earth.They are pressing down on us with resistance to our prior ways in order to strengthen our spirits here in the material world,like the resistance of weight training crafts a better body.Spirit talks through the government to naughty wayward children who need to change.
Of course the govt didnt encourage people to smoke many years back because they were making lots of money out of it - yes, I agree, the govt only wants the best for us, thats why they've done things in the past such as purposely infect people with syphillis and produce the AIDS virus and spray towns and cites with biological agents. Yes, how could anyone think they want to harm us?
Great Video, it's totally on the agenda of the NWO what nots to control us and stop us from smoking. I doubt very much the over-hyped evil of smoking. I reckon what we smoke nowadays has a lot to do with it too, straight ciggs full of arsenic and god knows what - even most tobacco such as Cutters Choice is full of chemicals. But as for the smoking ban - it makes me laugh how stupid it is. To mis-quote Bill Hicks, 'I'd quit smoking but i know i'd turn into one of you whining maggots'
Considering smoking was only allowed in bars and pubs (you couldn't smoke on buses, trains, banks, supermarkets, shopping centres, shops, libraries, cinemas etc etc) and 60%+ of pub goers were smokers, wouldn't it actually have been fairer to get non-smokers to stand outside? Also, more logical - if someone wants fresh air, isn't that where you would automatically go? Yet imagine the whining and bleating from them if that had been the case! And anti-smokers say smokers are inconsiderate!
agreed! when I was pregnant cig smoke made me queezy. one day while window shopping I walked passed a bar where 5 people or so where smoking and I ended up vomitting.
bars and pubs were made for the environement of smoking. its really a shame I can't enjoy a cigarette with a drink and good convo, I have to go outside.
@JamesBurrTV both smokers and non-smokers want and need the occasional breath of fresh air outside, and I agree with you that is the best place to get it. although when sitting inside next to other people and you are smoking many people will be disturbed of it. think of it as farting, you have a right to do it, just don't do it in my face lol . also there are many who smoking is detrimental to their health, like people Asthma and other health related problems =]
i find it strange how lung cancer is extremely high for tobbaco and pollution is extemely low in times where there has never been so much industry and cars , people that make the rubber tyres and disc brakes which is hilariously made of asbestos wear radiation suits yet is concidered safe to breath in when someone brakes or does a burnout yet the guy in the pub having a puff of his cigerette is a murderer , i think the world is backwards myself
For thsi one doctor with this viewpoint there are thousands of others who say the opposite.
Since the smoking ban here, I get about a tenth of the amount of chest infections I used to. In fact, if I'm in a smoky atmosphere now, I lose my voice within a couple of days.
However, nobody's stopping smokers going outside to enjoy their vice. Live and let live - but once you smoke indoors, you remove a right to choose from those who don't smoke.
I'm afraid it has nothing to do with non-smokers or smokers rights. Business owners should have the right to accomadate for just smokers, non-smokers or both. If business owners don't want your custom then they should have the right to refuse what you want on THEIR property.
I'm not really sure what your trying toi say, stoney, but just think about it for a second. if we're in a pub, say, and you light up. I breathe it in. I've no choice but to leave. What if I work there? As was the case in my circumstances for many years. That's why the smoking ban is the only sensible answer.
I do, however , feel for smokers, the way they're almost socially outcast.
But I have to say that the one thing the Irish government ever did right was the ban.
if someone lights up and you dont like it you just move same as when someone passes wind or is wearing musk perfume which for myself brings on a sneezing fits , i move away. pubs have all gone where im at around 150 closed along with concert halls same as when they banned smoking in cinimas,arcades they all shut down and took years to grow into the uncomfy most intense places to watch a film we see today same with pubs will be like mcdonalds just cant wait to go home
guess i didnt see that with me i was brought up around smokey enviroments so adapt very easly from non smoking to smoking enviroments i guess the only alternitive is separate pubs but this wouldnt work as the non smoking pub would loose to the smoking ones so yeah its not simple at all,, all i can think of is a fully ventilated room with heating where smokers can nip off too and come back still feeling welcome rather then being chucked out i think thats fair but understand where your coming from
Actually, that's a very good point. Some of the more successful Irish pubs have ventilated walled-off and roofed patio areas with huge patio heaters. its actually a more comfortable place than the inside of the bar soemtimes. That's as close to a good solution as I've seen.
Thanks for posting Ian. That was a very thoughtful and interesting disposition. I gave up smoking about 6 months ago, and generally I feel much better about myself for having done so. But I also hate this public hysteria about the dangers of second hand smoke .... it's just dividing communities and making people miserable. Most of all, I hate the Govt for pandering to this state affairs based on junk science and lies. I think we are entitled to expect more from our politicians.
At last, a voice of reason! Smokers are now graded as second class citizens,we are told we are not allowed to enjoy our smokes anywhere in public, yet its fine for people to get totally rat arsed in public, pick fights and use up tax payers money while lounging in jail. The UK has become a total nanny state, with goverment idiots telling the masses what they can and can't do, and we accept it! Viva la revolution!!!!!
I lost the plot a little in the last couple of minutes of the video? But it was great, thank you. The oldest people ever lived (recorded) were smokers. Maybe they should find out, what they didn't do, or if it cancer ran in their families.
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I've given up taking the drug nicotine for just coming up to 5 years now, got to admit, I don't have as many chest infections, although I still smoke a lot of cannabis, and do cough, I hope because it has expectorant qualities.
It was the addiction that I found more a problematic area with taking tobacco, and the social exclusion of later years, of users.
Interesting thoughts Ian, we have to look at all sides.
Thank-you for stating the truth. I, like many others, are aware of it but when it comes from someone in the profession, it sounds much better than when I say it!
Thank you for expressing your opinion. Despite what the anti smoking zealots claim, not everybody believes that smoking is a major cause of lung cancer.
Any other Doctors out there who want to tell the truth, - or at least attempt to find out the truth for themselves instead of being directed by anti-smoking propaganda?
The Anti-smoking mania was started by a few fanatical smoker haters and those who worked to protect polluting industries. Others unfortunately followed like sheep because they gullibly believed the false science.
This religion has caused too many deaths by diverting attention away from REAL causes of ill health.
A professional man talking about the suspect attitudes and politicised influences surrounding tobacco culture in a balanced and human way. I hope more people hear this. Thank you so much for speaking out. All the best.
Thank you so much for your video, these people who are calling us murderers with their so called "SHS" have no idea what they are doing to people.We fight back and get accused of puppets for Big T,yet they maybe puppets for Big P. Dr. Snel also has a lot to say what the antis are doing to people with mental problems. What they are doing to the elderly and the tax paying citizens is cruel and unforgivable.mandyv
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Thanks for that. I found your video heart warming and very calming. I too find that smokers are generally more convivial and
sociable. The thing I hate most about the smoking ban is the stark, sterile atmosphere that now pervades over ALL public places, especially pubs - of all places!! And all because of a big, fat LIE by the zealots of ASH intent on destroying everything that is good!
Well said doc. It good to see a medical man unwilling to preach the false propaganda of the anti smoking cultists. Have you seen my "Smokers die younger" video, in which I point out how meaningless that statement is?
The same can be said of buying a TV, monthly internet fees, monthly SKY fees, buying beer etc.... All of which you can live without but we pay for these things because we ENJOY them.
Ian you have such a fulfilling way of explaining the truth ,my whole family watch when your broadcast happens - thank you for your great wisdom and delivery. I do not smoke tobacco ,but my family does.we all agree with your views.
Hilarious.
RobertHannah89 3 weeks ago
If a person would like to see a likely cause of any increases in cancer, there are two places that they might look. 1) In America, the stunning increase by corporate medicine in the use of ionizing radiation of different kinds, e.g. the CAT scan which is minimally 200 times the dose of a single chest x-ray. 2) Diesel exhaust contains not only more carcinogens in greater volume, it contains many more kinds of carcinogens and is ubiquitous in our environment, particularly around school children.
xseqer 1 month ago
Enjoyed the video. I'm new to pipe smoking, but am glad to a certain extent on smoking being banned in SOME locations. Airplanes, trains and restaurants for example. I've always hated being around cigarette smoke in close-quarters. Now they're taking the smoking bans to extremes, and that's what I DON'T like about it. What's the point of selling tobacco if you're then not allowed to smoke it?
legendofwayne 1 month ago
Japan has the highest per capita smokers and yet has the highest life expectancy along with the most productive citizens.USA with 20% smoking is MUCH, MUCH below. People who have lived longest were 90% of the times long term smokers.The oldest person who ever lived, Jeanne Calment smoked since she was 21 to 117 and quit only because she couldn't light her cigarette properly due to vision issues.She died at the age of 123.
bfmvshinigami 2 months ago
and he is reading from a book......
saiharish89 2 months ago
@saiharish89 A script actually!
MBChB1961 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Most of the facts out there like to tell the percentage of lung cancer related to smoking. But they don't like to say the percentage of smokers who contract lung cancer. its much less than you might think, and often based on very heavy smokers. As with most things, both sides have facts that prove their points. You just have to decide if its worth the risk to you, whatever that risk might be, because who the hell knows, really?
Matttreebeard 3 months ago
smoke to relax, ultimately what keeps u relaxed is something u need to know about, im sure its not smoking or drinks which relaxes u for a while but the passion for something that keeps u relaxed as u work for a longer time. nice to get to know about the views though, thank you.
pmontu 11 months ago
Thank you Dr....my GPtold me not to give up smoking, (was under stress at that time), this made me give up for a few months! :)
createrainbowz 1 year ago
I want to believe you, but isnt smoking scientifically proven to cause deadly diseases such as cancer? I now realise that I have never been shown proof that it does, nor have I seen any proof that it doesn't, since watching this video.
maneatingtoilets 1 year ago
hahaha @ 4:53
chuppoacobra 1 year ago
hahaha @ 2:45.
chuppoacobra 1 year ago
Thank you doctor :)
I don't understand how so many doctors have been manipulated into believing false data.
picklesloveslight 1 year ago
I don't smoke, many people enjoy it and say its relaxing, but I have found that the more one relies on natural and iner ways of relaxation the better.. such as meditation, prayer, enjoying a nice walk in the woods or a park, or a simple nap to re-energize the body... you don't need to rely on external substances such as smoking, drinking alcohol, or drugs.. just go within and calm your soul.. take a deep breath,close your eyes and smile.. and feel gratitude for all the good in your life =)
thelifeuwant 1 year ago
@thelifeuwant Well I know natural methods are best, but smoking is mostly undertaken by very busy corporate guys like me... me and my colleagues are working non stop and are under huge pressure. Very little free time too..Smoking is an instant relaxation.. 1 cig smoked under 2 mins and you're perfectly relaxed.. Though I should seriously reconsider my lifestyle..
bfmvshinigami 2 months ago
just because some people are lucky and dont get sick from smoking doesnt mean the ones that do get sick from it arent sick because of smoking
and smoking doesnt relieve all stress, if any so your always going to have stress to worry about, and its scientifically prooven to cause all the bad effects, prooven over decades of research
not to mention smoking lowers the quality of life, including the quality of sex life
but in conclusion it is definitely better to not smoke at all.
chizzy555 1 year ago
@chizzy555 Maybe you read the book called smokescreens, it takes another look at the so called 'research' non smokers keep talking about and cancer rates after the ban..
bfmvshinigami 2 months ago
1 in 80000 people die from the effects of second hand smoke,12.5 ,the difference in people that are not exposed is 10 people.hardly a basis for any real concern.
MannyJazzcats 2 years ago
go to your local farmfoods and ask people that come out if they smoke, the majority will say yes, and the majority will be fat!
tea and coffee, although not drunk by me alot, does not harm anyone else in the taking of that substance.
where as smoking gives of a polluting gas that harms others, you say that it does not harm others using anecdotal evidence , but the tar and other substances in the cigarette are carcinogenic .
If you like to smoke, fine do it somewhere you cant effect anybody
Buttmunch5000 2 years ago
if u live in america like me the majority is fat lol
ramza675 2 years ago
@Buttmunch5000 ,there may be 4000 chemicals in cigarette smoke, but at the same time, there are 10000 even worse chemicals in an avarage daily intake of food. Grilling releases more carcinogenic toxins into the air than smoking.
pharaoh337 2 years ago
@Buttmunch5000 haha another guy conditioned into thinking 2nd hand smoke is bad. I wonder if stone age men complained about the smoke from their campfire. You should read the book 'smokescreens' to take a look at the 'research' that has been done that associates smoking with everything bad.
bfmvshinigami 2 months ago
very interesting information
ramza675 2 years ago
devils advocate bloody bloak?
demanding2bfree 2 years ago
it's your own decision, some people has reasons, some kids start cause it's cool, and get stuck, I find myself inbetween, I recall hanging out with smokers, and having a tough time being frustrated and doing illegal shit simply because I thought I didn't give a shit, I now realize how fucking stupid I were, but that's not gonna help me stop now :| I've also come to realize that I find it immensely calming in stressfull situations.I still wouldn't reccommend it to anyone though.
wretchedyo 2 years ago
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you sir should be published
TheBassfresh 2 years ago
wow tebassfresh you are sooo smart.
askAlanNow 2 years ago
One thing that really gets to me is that biochemically all "addictions" work in the same way, you know, if it's heroin or sweeties or child pornography or politics, it's all still the same mechanism, right? All this prohibition taking place all over the world seems to somehow, to me anyway, sugest that the ability to LIKE and ENJOY something, to feel an affection for something because whatever it is it makes YOU happy, should be banned completely and will be someday supposedly. Makes me sick..
theanvilcracks 2 years ago
"The nicest people always smoke." Auberon Waugh
carcassette 2 years ago
...who died from heart disease aged 62
PhamNuwen 2 years ago
aged 61 actually- he also llost his spleen and one of his lungs as the result of an accident with a machine-gun during his National Service.
carcassette 2 years ago
Ban the lung-robbing National Service!
theanvilcracks 2 years ago
yeah we are
retardedbountyhunter 2 years ago
I smoke, because I enjoy it. I would however not smoke if I were british and would have to pay 5 quid a pack (more than 7euros, roughly 10dollars). Making cocaine cost 50e a gram reduces usage, as does increasing sigarette prices. I smoke, but I don't recommend it to anyone, and that's why I think all these things are relatively good measures.
Ramsez 2 years ago
I smoke. I ldo it because I want to. I enjoy it. I will always smoke. If I die from it, oh well. There are a million other ways to die that will most likely kill me first.
EvilGothGuy 2 years ago
In response to Trala52, while I agree some areas should be smoke free the ban has been used as a cataylist to ban them without commen sense from outdoor areas and in some areas even the sanctity of the personal home is under attack. There would be no personal rights of the soverign individual in America if everyone partook of the non-smoker attitude. Some may find the extreme overweight of many offensive, does this give them the right to approach them with life saving diet tips?
enlightened58 2 years ago
There are many cancer causing habits out there that all are being exposed to on a daily basis but yet no attention is given to those more serious causes. The cigarette is a convenient distraction from the truth. How many stand near a bus terminal or ride bikes on busy roads? Does anyone address the food additives they consume daily or the stress they let control their lives. It's a broader picture that needs to be understood. Everyones rights are under subtle attack and we are the tools.
enlightened58 2 years ago 3
Smoking??? The government worry that we smoke whilst they want to inject my five year old son with multiple vaccines containing mercury. The risk of serious reaction to the shot is many times greater than the risk of infection from any of the viruses it supposedly protects him from. Government has gone mad, if it were a dog it would be put down. If you've got them-smoke them.
bikemech121 2 years ago
Also, I forget to mention that many many people find cigarette smoke offensive. That is the main reason for cigarette bans. People's habits should not be intrusive and offend people who don't partake in it.
Trala52 2 years ago
Although I disagree with your analysis of the harmlessness of cigarette smoke, be it directly or indirectly (my best friend's mother who was the most calm person in the world and was a non-smoker but was around smokers every day died of lung cancer) I must say that I enjoy your calm delivery of "shriveled naughty parts" and "shriveled up winkies". Glad that your smoking hasn't affected you, as some people have a natural immunity to it; problem is we don't know who. Take care.
Trala52 2 years ago
@Trala52, a lot of things are thought to cause cancer. Dairy products have been found to be 3 times as cancerous as cigarette smoke, and yet are considered harmless.
pharaoh337 2 years ago
thank you! Being an artist I'm what you call a meditative smoker... making art and smoking fit glove in hand ..you can almost lay money on a woman wearing black and smoking roll ups went to art school ! so, although I wasn't smoking at the time as soon as I heard of the ban I started again, to prove a point.. I make my own decisions and I don't need to be looked after by an increasingly nannying state I do enjoy your posts thank you for some intelligence and common sense
6rachael 2 years ago
This guy is a legend! :D
cdenver 2 years ago 2
personally i dont smoke, as it decreases your lunge capacity (and thats a fact), but never the less the smoking ban is just a joke..
remember, this is a non.smoker talking!
theGoldenAgeOfBoredo 2 years ago 2
it's also a great cover up for whatever they are spraying in the skies!
ar5281ar 2 years ago 3
You're right, it's hypocrisy without boundaries. Many people are unable to understand that the same authorities (by compartmentalizing) are aware of the spraying of carcinogens in the air we all breathe. So if a smoker dies of cancer these days, it's questionable that the cause of the cancer is the smoking.
Wiebe1967 2 years ago
The government cares and loves us so much that i genuinely believe they want us to be healthy and well. Surely that is their agenda! They want our bodies and minds to be fit,healthy and well so we may all flower on this Earth.They are pressing down on us with resistance to our prior ways in order to strengthen our spirits here in the material world,like the resistance of weight training crafts a better body.Spirit talks through the government to naughty wayward children who need to change.
thesonofmetallica123 2 years ago
Of course the govt didnt encourage people to smoke many years back because they were making lots of money out of it - yes, I agree, the govt only wants the best for us, thats why they've done things in the past such as purposely infect people with syphillis and produce the AIDS virus and spray towns and cites with biological agents. Yes, how could anyone think they want to harm us?
gangstagrannie 2 years ago 6
i agree with granny '
firstwave2 2 years ago
Great Video, it's totally on the agenda of the NWO what nots to control us and stop us from smoking. I doubt very much the over-hyped evil of smoking. I reckon what we smoke nowadays has a lot to do with it too, straight ciggs full of arsenic and god knows what - even most tobacco such as Cutters Choice is full of chemicals. But as for the smoking ban - it makes me laugh how stupid it is. To mis-quote Bill Hicks, 'I'd quit smoking but i know i'd turn into one of you whining maggots'
Swafferjohn 2 years ago 3
fat people should just eat less not take up smoking.
there are more fat people because there is more food avalibile to us, not because less people smoke
LukePhillipsWINS 2 years ago
Considering smoking was only allowed in bars and pubs (you couldn't smoke on buses, trains, banks, supermarkets, shopping centres, shops, libraries, cinemas etc etc) and 60%+ of pub goers were smokers, wouldn't it actually have been fairer to get non-smokers to stand outside? Also, more logical - if someone wants fresh air, isn't that where you would automatically go? Yet imagine the whining and bleating from them if that had been the case! And anti-smokers say smokers are inconsiderate!
JamesBurrTV 3 years ago 7
Spot on!
MBChB1961 3 years ago
agreed! when I was pregnant cig smoke made me queezy. one day while window shopping I walked passed a bar where 5 people or so where smoking and I ended up vomitting.
bars and pubs were made for the environement of smoking. its really a shame I can't enjoy a cigarette with a drink and good convo, I have to go outside.
AmberThinks 3 years ago
@JamesBurrTV both smokers and non-smokers want and need the occasional breath of fresh air outside, and I agree with you that is the best place to get it. although when sitting inside next to other people and you are smoking many people will be disturbed of it. think of it as farting, you have a right to do it, just don't do it in my face lol . also there are many who smoking is detrimental to their health, like people Asthma and other health related problems =]
thelifeuwant 2 months ago
i find it strange how lung cancer is extremely high for tobbaco and pollution is extemely low in times where there has never been so much industry and cars , people that make the rubber tyres and disc brakes which is hilariously made of asbestos wear radiation suits yet is concidered safe to breath in when someone brakes or does a burnout yet the guy in the pub having a puff of his cigerette is a murderer , i think the world is backwards myself
mrxtriangle 3 years ago 3
agreed!
AmberThinks 3 years ago
I like what you're saying, very, very smart. Thanks for posting!
colopity 3 years ago 3
For thsi one doctor with this viewpoint there are thousands of others who say the opposite.
Since the smoking ban here, I get about a tenth of the amount of chest infections I used to. In fact, if I'm in a smoky atmosphere now, I lose my voice within a couple of days.
However, nobody's stopping smokers going outside to enjoy their vice. Live and let live - but once you smoke indoors, you remove a right to choose from those who don't smoke.
An interesting viewpoint nonetheless MBChB1961.
mindhead2005 3 years ago
I'm afraid it has nothing to do with non-smokers or smokers rights. Business owners should have the right to accomadate for just smokers, non-smokers or both. If business owners don't want your custom then they should have the right to refuse what you want on THEIR property.
stoneytheraster 3 years ago
I'm not really sure what your trying toi say, stoney, but just think about it for a second. if we're in a pub, say, and you light up. I breathe it in. I've no choice but to leave. What if I work there? As was the case in my circumstances for many years. That's why the smoking ban is the only sensible answer.
I do, however , feel for smokers, the way they're almost socially outcast.
But I have to say that the one thing the Irish government ever did right was the ban.
mindhead2005 3 years ago
if someone lights up and you dont like it you just move same as when someone passes wind or is wearing musk perfume which for myself brings on a sneezing fits , i move away. pubs have all gone where im at around 150 closed along with concert halls same as when they banned smoking in cinimas,arcades they all shut down and took years to grow into the uncomfy most intense places to watch a film we see today same with pubs will be like mcdonalds just cant wait to go home
mrxtriangle 3 years ago
Unfortunately, that doesn't work, because of the way smoke particulates disperse to fill the volume of air they're released into.
if it were that simple, the world would be a better place. thanks for the reply, though.
mindhead2005 3 years ago
guess i didnt see that with me i was brought up around smokey enviroments so adapt very easly from non smoking to smoking enviroments i guess the only alternitive is separate pubs but this wouldnt work as the non smoking pub would loose to the smoking ones so yeah its not simple at all,, all i can think of is a fully ventilated room with heating where smokers can nip off too and come back still feeling welcome rather then being chucked out i think thats fair but understand where your coming from
mrxtriangle 3 years ago
Actually, that's a very good point. Some of the more successful Irish pubs have ventilated walled-off and roofed patio areas with huge patio heaters. its actually a more comfortable place than the inside of the bar soemtimes. That's as close to a good solution as I've seen.
mindhead2005 3 years ago
Same here Botswana7. A cynic would possibly believe that they voted for the ban to increase smoking prevalence, to boost the tax coffers.
If they did any research into blanket bans, they'd see that smoking rates shot up - particularly in the youth.
They only believe their own funded lobby groups though. They ignore true research.
The tax coffers have back-fired though. I don't know many smokers now who purchase in the UK. Why should they?
It's saving me a fortune purchasing abroad.
helend498 3 years ago
Thanks for the interesting facts, I am fed up with all the government propaganda that is leading to an increase in smoking
Botswana7 3 years ago
Thanks for posting Ian. That was a very thoughtful and interesting disposition. I gave up smoking about 6 months ago, and generally I feel much better about myself for having done so. But I also hate this public hysteria about the dangers of second hand smoke .... it's just dividing communities and making people miserable. Most of all, I hate the Govt for pandering to this state affairs based on junk science and lies. I think we are entitled to expect more from our politicians.
sobranie007 3 years ago
I applaud and thank you for making this video. I hope it gets world wide viewing.
sandrajean1955 3 years ago 2
At last, a voice of reason! Smokers are now graded as second class citizens,we are told we are not allowed to enjoy our smokes anywhere in public, yet its fine for people to get totally rat arsed in public, pick fights and use up tax payers money while lounging in jail. The UK has become a total nanny state, with goverment idiots telling the masses what they can and can't do, and we accept it! Viva la revolution!!!!!
leiah2007 3 years ago 2
I lost the plot a little in the last couple of minutes of the video? But it was great, thank you. The oldest people ever lived (recorded) were smokers. Maybe they should find out, what they didn't do, or if it cancer ran in their families.
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xyzto1 3 years ago 3
Excellent vlog. Reasoned, reasonable and sadly, a lone voice of logic and rationality in what has become a non-scientific, almost religious, debate.
JamesBurrTV 3 years ago 5
Its so refreshing to hear someone who is from the medical profession speak the truth about tobacco, and not be afraid to do so.
I've smoked for 31 years now and I'm still healthy, I'm not overweight and I look younger than my age. Oh, and I'm not impotent either.
When I tell none smokers how many years I have smoked, they look at me and they assume a miracle has happened.
antsinyerpants 3 years ago 3
I've given up taking the drug nicotine for just coming up to 5 years now, got to admit, I don't have as many chest infections, although I still smoke a lot of cannabis, and do cough, I hope because it has expectorant qualities.
It was the addiction that I found more a problematic area with taking tobacco, and the social exclusion of later years, of users.
Interesting thoughts Ian, we have to look at all sides.
winstonmatthews 3 years ago
Good video. Thank you. 5 stars from me.
Lindasufos 3 years ago 3
Thank-you for stating the truth. I, like many others, are aware of it but when it comes from someone in the profession, it sounds much better than when I say it!
Best Wishes
helend498 3 years ago 3
Thank you for expressing your opinion. Despite what the anti smoking zealots claim, not everybody believes that smoking is a major cause of lung cancer.
rygersnaphane 3 years ago 4
Any other Doctors out there who want to tell the truth, - or at least attempt to find out the truth for themselves instead of being directed by anti-smoking propaganda?
The Anti-smoking mania was started by a few fanatical smoker haters and those who worked to protect polluting industries. Others unfortunately followed like sheep because they gullibly believed the false science.
This religion has caused too many deaths by diverting attention away from REAL causes of ill health.
kindog101 3 years ago 4
Phil Button also speaks out, which is very brave in the PC crazy world, check out his site. smokingdoctor, you will find it.
Talking of sheep, I cannot believe how many of them get lung disease, goolge it.
So did the clone sheep "Dolly".
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xyzto1 3 years ago
Thank you thank you thank you.
A professional man talking about the suspect attitudes and politicised influences surrounding tobacco culture in a balanced and human way. I hope more people hear this. Thank you so much for speaking out. All the best.
mervintoot 3 years ago 3
Thank you so much for your video, these people who are calling us murderers with their so called "SHS" have no idea what they are doing to people.We fight back and get accused of puppets for Big T,yet they maybe puppets for Big P. Dr. Snel also has a lot to say what the antis are doing to people with mental problems. What they are doing to the elderly and the tax paying citizens is cruel and unforgivable.mandyv
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xyzto1 3 years ago
Thanks for that. I found your video heart warming and very calming. I too find that smokers are generally more convivial and
sociable. The thing I hate most about the smoking ban is the stark, sterile atmosphere that now pervades over ALL public places, especially pubs - of all places!! And all because of a big, fat LIE by the zealots of ASH intent on destroying everything that is good!
SalsaJo2 3 years ago 4
A voice of REASON here!
Thank you Doctor! It's nice to see that some in the medical profession have the intellectual wherewithal to cut through the anti-tobacco propaganda.
Well done, Sir!
MzProgressive 3 years ago 4
Well said doc. It good to see a medical man unwilling to preach the false propaganda of the anti smoking cultists. Have you seen my "Smokers die younger" video, in which I point out how meaningless that statement is?
HairyChestnuts 3 years ago 4
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zekejethro 3 years ago
WTF??? LETS TRY THIS AGAIN!
SMOKING CAUSES LUNG CANCER!!!
WHY DID SO MANY SMOKERS DIE OF OLD AGE???
hmmm. good question
zekejethro 3 years ago 3
SMOKING CAUSES LUNG CANCER!!!
WHY
zekejethro 3 years ago
Fantastic!
I've been banging on about 'Government by Coke' for months now.
And I'm convinced that the benefits of moderate smoking far outweigh any alleged dangers.
Eat too much - you get fat; drink too much - your liver suffers; smoke too much - lung problems. It's that simple.
Thank you so much.
ParlourBEATflex 3 years ago 3
Great video.
Gil2727 3 years ago 3
I think the main bummers of cigarettes are all the money it takes out of your pocket.
sleepless4201 3 years ago 3
The same can be said of buying a TV, monthly internet fees, monthly SKY fees, buying beer etc.... All of which you can live without but we pay for these things because we ENJOY them.
stoneytheraster 3 years ago 3
Agreed and understood. Nice to hear
ComedianMan17 3 years ago 3
Thanks for posting.
Valuable information indeed. 5*
-AZ
arcticzummer 3 years ago 3
Ian you have such a fulfilling way of explaining the truth ,my whole family watch when your broadcast happens - thank you for your great wisdom and delivery. I do not smoke tobacco ,but my family does.we all agree with your views.
jyatha07 3 years ago 4
as a smoker this is nice to hear
daveyboyz 3 years ago 6