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Smokers piling on the pounds
2:25pm Saturday 1st September 2007
SMOKERS have been piling on the pounds since the smoking ban was introduced.
Research shows the average smoking has already put on 3lbs since smoking was outlawed in enclosed public places on July 1.
Reaching for bar snacks and crisps in a bid to halt cigarette cravings are being blamed for the increased waistlines, and experts predict smokers could weight at least a stone more within a year.
The poll, carried out by www.weightlossresources.co.uk, has also revealed 84 per cent of smokers are worried about putting on weight now the ban has come into force.
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tosh, says...
3:15pm Sat 1 Sep 07
Philip, says...
3:30pm Sat 1 Sep 07
peterm41, bolton says...
4:35pm Sat 1 Sep 07
This sentence doesn't make sense.
elfinsafety, elfinsafetyland says...
4:39pm Sat 1 Sep 07
"Gosh, you like to live dangerously don't you...?"
He replied, "My dad lived to be 98 years old..."
I said, "Did he abuse his body as much as you?"
The old guy replied, "No, he minded his own bloody business!"
Ahem! So ex-smokers are putting weight on... and? I wonder if the Government might re-think the no-smoking laws when they realise that fat people are actually more at risk of ill health problems than smokers (only just mind!).
No, I don't smoke and no, I'm not fat...
It's just my opinion, like the one people have who smoke, and the one people have who eat the wrong foods....
Lets have a no-fatty foods law?
xxx
Rose, says...
6:00pm Sat 1 Sep 07
cow-head, westhoughton says...
6:17pm Sat 1 Sep 07
Rose, says...
8:15pm Sat 1 Sep 07
Perhaps its so that the remaining half of the country will end up on anti depressants too.
Adrian, Atherton says...
12:16am Sun 2 Sep 07
My answer sod em start smoking.
mahler, wigan says...
12:44am Sun 2 Sep 07
jimbobob, halliwell says...
1:52am Sun 2 Sep 07
smokingbanstinks.co.
uk, Leicestershire says...
3:05am Sun 2 Sep 07
We are all losing weight,and so are alot of landlords,from worry.
tosh, says...
9:49am Sun 2 Sep 07
Rose, says...
12:07pm Sun 2 Sep 07
Its a really big thing when a government turns against 25% of its people and gives the other 75% carte blanche to abuse them.
shawpster, The Valley says...
12:46pm Sun 2 Sep 07
Sun Tzu, Bolton says...
12:55pm Sun 2 Sep 07
King Eric, ......... says...
1:04pm Sun 2 Sep 07
We are just not going out.
It's not all bad then.
Bad Wolf, Bolton says...
1:05pm Sun 2 Sep 07
shawpster wrote:There's always Slim-Fast (and many other similar products!)
So now smokers will be even more un-attractive as they will be fat and stink of fags!! Lol.
Bad Wolf, Bolton says...
1:07pm Sun 2 Sep 07
King Eric wrote:Silver and lining are words that spring to mind!
We are just not going out.It's not all bad then.
shawpster, The Valley says...
1:07pm Sun 2 Sep 07
Rose, says...
1:47pm Sun 2 Sep 07
Stop Smoking Fraud Claim Probed.
http://news.bbc.co.u
k/1/hi/england/londo
n/6599677.stm
No wonder we are getting so much grief, people are getting paid £45 a time for getting smokers to quit!
Sun Tzu, Bolton says...
1:52pm Sun 2 Sep 07
shawpster wrote:Those who over-eat place a higher burden on the NHS, therfor diverting funds which could be used to treat those who do not.
I'm not sure you can passively over-eat. Passive smoking is wholly unpleasant and inflicts the same unpleasant diseases on non-smokers that smokers endure.
Nothing in life is passive. Everything we do in life affects someone, somwhere. Even your "passive" ignorance is affecting me at the time of typing this.
shawpster, The Valley says...
2:07pm Sun 2 Sep 07
Sun Tzu wrote:Don't worry about the over-eaters. Their early demise will remove a future pensions and benefits burden. This will more than balance out the burden to the NHS. I'm not sure why your cage is so rattled but it's give me a warm glow that I'm not passively commenting?!
shawpster wrote: I'm not sure you can passively over-eat. Passive smoking is wholly unpleasant and inflicts the same unpleasant diseases on non-smokers that smokers endure.Those who over-eat place a higher burden on the NHS, therfor diverting funds which could be used to treat those who do not. Nothing in life is passive. Everything we do in life affects someone, somwhere. Even your "passive" ignorance is affecting me at the time of typing this.
Sun Tzu, Bolton says...
2:54pm Sun 2 Sep 07
Rose, says...
3:32pm Sun 2 Sep 07
Very good company.
Turning on others is exactly what the Healthists want and I am NOT playing that game.
Tommy, says...
8:34pm Sun 2 Sep 07
Are you going to start a new campaign then and reel in the ex-smokers trust?
Anti-PC, Bury says...
12:27am Mon 3 Sep 07
jimbobob wrote:so that's most of the population of Bury f*cked then.
i can see a tax on fat b,stards coming on here
I'm sick of hearing and reading about the d@mn smoking ban from both sides of the camp. Stop whining about the **** law and get some willpower, you lazy slags! No-one's forcing you to smoke, eat or do handstands in public; get on with something more productive and enjoy your health instead of whining about your 'human rights'
Mike Davies, Horwich says...
11:12am Mon 3 Sep 07
tosh, says...
12:09am Tue 4 Sep 07
Bad Wolf wrote:T**t and pr**k spring to mind with you two charmers.
King Eric wrote:Silver and lining are words that spring to mind!We are just not going out.It's not all bad then.
Shawpster, The Valley says...
12:43pm Tue 4 Sep 07
Sun Tzu wrote:Had to look that one up. I'm a bit young to remember it. Fascinating story. And now I understand the reference, a splendid idea. As for the Foie Gras, it would be of excellent quality I guess, so I look forward to it?!
Why don\'t we just re-process the gastropods a La Soylent Green. Just think about the ammount of foie gras their bloated livers would yield.
Spuds, Formerly Bury says...
10:39pm Tue 11 Sep 07
zanuzi, midlands says...
12:57pm Fri 28 Dec 07
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