why bother to stop smoking?

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Red Wine Could Be Good for Your Lungs, Doctors Say

By Alexandra Hudson

LONDON (Reuters) - Red wine, already thought to be good for your heart, may be good for your lungs too, doctors say.

A compound found naturally in red wine could help fight chronic bronchitis and emphysema, a study has found, although scientists say there is probably not enough of the stuff in a glass for chronic sufferers to drink their way to good health.

The study found that the substance, resveratrol, which is found in the skin of red grapes, could reduce the amount of harmful chemicals in the lungs that cause the diseases.

The illnesses, known together as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kill an estimated 2.9 million people a year worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. And smokers are 10 times as likely as non-smokers to die of COPD.

"It seems that drinking red wine in moderation as part of a healthy, balanced diet can reduce lung inflammation," Dr John Harvey, chairman of the Communications Committee of the British Thoracic Society, said.

Resveratrol is already thought to be one of the reasons why people in wine-drinking countries such as France have low rates of heart disease, Dr Louise Donnelly, one of the report's authors, told Reuters.
Her team wanted to test whether those benefits could extend to lung disease as well. The research was published in the international medical journal Thorax on Tuesday.

In the study, lung fluid samples were taken from 15 smokers and 15 COPD patients. When resveratrol was added to the samples, it cut production of interleukin 8, a chemical that causes inflammation of the lungs.

Production of the chemical was cut by 94 percent in smokers and by 88 percent in COPD patients.
COPD is now commonly treated with steroids, but resveratrol might prove more effective, Donnelly said. It would not reverse the damage which has occurred to the lungs, but could help stop it from getting any worse, she said.

Although there is probably not enough resveratrol in a wine glass for casual drinking to stop chronic lung disease, the substance could be administered directly with an inhaler, she said.

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[skydivejersey 0]

MONEY!

[Remster 30]

Is 2 bottles a meal, "in moderation"?

Remster

[RevJim 0]

2 words:

Lung Cancer.

Reducing bronchitis and emphysema is one thing, but the underlying health problems, pain, suffering, hospital bills, ect.......not cool.

OK, let me guess, the next study paid for by the vineyard owners will say that they cure cancer too.

It's your life, live it!
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[skydivejersey 0]

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Is 2 bottles a meal, "in moderation"?

No - thats called an apperatif

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[Jayruss 0]

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Is 2 bottles a meal, "in moderation"?

Sure!, now that it will heal your heart and lungs, you might even find that it will help get those pesky cigarettes burns out of your shirts

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[AndyMan 7]

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why bother to stop smoking?

Smoking increases risk of MS.

It seems like finding a way to allow people to keep smoking is the wrong answer...

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You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

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2 words:

Lung Cancer.

Three more words: IT'S FUCKING DISGUSTING

[2fat2fly 0]

Well, I just found out that at 37, I have measurably lower lung capacity. Of course I get a physical 2 weeks AFTER I started Zyban anyway. Stop Soon, or at least cut way back.

I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried

[skydivejersey 0]

Hows that Zyban stuff work for you? I heard it can fuck about with brain chemistry.

[2fat2fly 0]

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Hows that Zyban stuff work for you?

I was working good until I forgot to take it on vacation-now I'm having to restart. I still wanted to smoke but it wasn't unbearable. I'm a pretty grumpy bastard at my best so any mood changes would probably be to the better

I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried

[2fat2fly 0]

Oh, today a doctor suggested using an inhaler (Nicatrol?). I didn't think that it would work since you still inhale nicotene. I thought that it would just reinforce the habit. Doc said, "It tastes like licking an ashtray and looks like you're smoking a tampon-I don't think you'll use it that much."

I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried

[skydivejersey 0]

3 days so far and everything is pissing me off. Not nice to be around appart from the not smelling!

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Zyban

Create an addiction (start smoking).

Realize it's an addiction (Throw pack of smokes out of window to prove you can quit.)

Realize it's a very strong addiction (pull into gas station 20 minutes after tossing pack out of window, to buy another pack).

Attempt to quit cold turkey again (risk prison sentence for manslaughter).

Attempt to quit the use of a drug by starting to take another drug.

Cigs, the poor mans cocaine. Why do we call it that? Because when you get hooked, it's everyone else that ends up paying for your addiction. From the friends you lose by smoking, those you offend while trying to quit (and failing), and all those taxpayers paying your medical bills as you age.

I really wouldn't be against a hospitals right to refuse service for smoking related diseases. (How's that for a can 'o worms?)

Try this people, just freakin' quit. Better yet, don't start. I did it the hard way. Wish I hadn't.

It's your life, live it!
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[skydivejersey 0]

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I really wouldn't be against a hospitals right to refuse service for smoking related diseases. (How's that for a can 'o worms?)

The amount of money people pay in taxes (at least in the UK) over a smoking life is increadible and more than covers the resulting cost of treatment.

I am trying to quit but I don't see any point in turning into a cigarette nazi about it. Its my body and if I choose to shove nicoteen or cocaine or what the fuck ever into it thats my choice.

[kitof1976 0]

I actually quit smoking when I started to skydive!!
I thought that skydiving was way too cool and that I would want to do it for a long time...
I had a flash, immagining myself at 60 coughing my lungs up strolling a bottle of oxygen...
Not so easy to jump with a 10 gallon tank hooked to your stomach.
I know it sounds cliche, but skydiving truely got me off the cigs...
That, along with the 25 packs of empy cigarettes I found on day in my car when I cleaned it
Freaking disgusting to imagine that I smoked all those packs...

Be smart, don't tare your road to heaven.

"We see the world just the way we are...

[gulaz 1]

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Is 2 bottles a meal, "in moderation"?

Moderation: [n]  the trait of avoiding excesses

Excess: [n]  the state of being more than full

Look at that... according to the dictionary definitions... as long as you dont drink until your stomach is "more than full" you are drinking "in moderation"