Smokes!
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torben-26 — 17 years ago(June 05, 2008 04:10 AM)
There is a huge difference between drinking (begin an alcoholic) and drinking (enjoy a cocktail once in a while).
Being an alcoholic=addicted to alcohol is way worse than being addicted to nicotine, but being addicted to nicotine is way worse then drinking a bit. That's the problem with alcohol. It can be totally harmless or a really bad problem.
And of course there are a lot of things in the real world which are worse than smoking, but what kind of lame excuse is that? There are a lot more things in the real world which are worse than hurting someone (e.g.: killing thousands of innocent people with a bomb), but that doesn't mean that hurting someone is harmless or that we all should go through the world beating people up.
In the same way, just because there are a lot of things which are worse than smoking, doesn't mean that smoking is good or that criticizing it is not allowed. It's unhealthy, it is - which is one of the main problem - unhealthy to all the people around you (at least if you are inside while smoking) and that means that "not smoking" is better than "smoking", which justifies its criticism. -
jamesjiao — 16 years ago(April 22, 2009 06:25 PM)
Well.. you need to think of the social consequences of drinking and the potentional danger of drunk drivers and brawlers.. Compared to those, smoking is actually a rather harmless activity (don't get me wrong I don't condone smoking or anything, just relating it to potentially more risky activities).
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texastreasure517 — 15 years ago(March 30, 2011 05:28 PM)
Eee gad! You sound like my mother! Why do people think it's A-Ok for them to lecture people on how to live? What, is this not America anymore?
How do you account for the people in their 90s who still smoke? It's a dice roll based on genetics, that's it. What about the innocent people killed by drunk drivers? Far fewer people killed by driving while smoking. Geez, leave people alone! -
Snickg78 — 14 years ago(March 09, 2012 11:26 AM)
There's as much proof that you can get oral, esophageal, and stomach cancer from drinking as there is that you can get cancer from smoking. Plus, it's very rare for smoking to cause someone to drive the wrong way down the interstate.
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themgmgrand — 18 years ago(August 04, 2007 01:12 PM)
I'm not sure I ever remember Brittany saying she didn't smoke. Remember she's from the east coast and if you are from the west like me, when I moved to east the number of teenagers and young adults smoking practically tripled.
While I'm not one for smokers, my family had a bunch of them and the majority of the stopped mostly due to health reasons.
She does drink, remember the episode "punk'd" when she punk'd Sophia Bush they were all drinking wine if I remember correctly.
Also keep in Mind, she has four movies out and she is playing some pretty different characters than herself, and two take place in Los Angeles, and one takes place in Santa Clarita.
No not everyone in Hollywood over 20 smokes only the few that we see. Amanda Bynes, is very adamant about not drinking nor smoking..hope if Brittany is a smoker she didn't pick up the habit from her. Unfortunately that's the only star over 20 I can think of right now.
I'll try to get clarity for all.
themgmgrand/mattman2900
Long Live the Dark Knight!!