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skinnyninja · 11-12-2006, 05:02 AM

I quit smoking and I exercise. But my diet is poor.

So, in order to feel good about myself, I can see that I am trying to say that smoking is much worse for people.

I am working on my diet. It's hard for me. But the big studies for smokers (tens of thousands of people tracked over 60 years plus) show that smokers die an average of 10 to 15 years early.

Now if a nonsmoker does regular exercise, has a very lean body type, but eats junk food (description of me)--their mortality rate is actually going to be worse than that?!?! C'mon now.

Then again, like I pointed out--I am aware that I'm sort of just defending my position--finding certain studies that support it, etc.

11-12-2006, 05:02 AM	#24 (permalink)
skinnyninja Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 132	I quit smoking and I exercise. But my diet is poor. So, in order to feel good about myself, I can see that I am trying to say that smoking is much worse for people. I am working on my diet. It's hard for me. But the big studies for smokers (tens of thousands of people tracked over 60 years plus) show that smokers die an average of 10 to 15 years early. Now if a nonsmoker does regular exercise, has a very lean body type, but eats junk food (description of me)--their mortality rate is actually going to be worse than that?!?! C'mon now. Then again, like I pointed out--I am aware that I'm sort of just defending my position--finding certain studies that support it, etc.