Ambitious Goal Set To Reduce Tobacco Use In OK

State officials are asking Oklahomans to join them in an ambitious goal to reduce tobacco use rates in Oklahoma to below the national average by 2012.

[hidingiam]

If people want to quit, they'll quit....... Oh wow, i think i'll stop smoking today so oklahoma will look better in the rankings and the polls.... Give me a break!

[him]

hidingiam wrote:

If people want to quit, they'll quit....... Oh wow, i think i'll stop smoking today so oklahoma will look better in the rankings and the polls.... Give me a break!

dang...I'm giving away free smiles today if you want one...

[skyking]

Good idea. Just send me a chunk of the money Okiehomie received from the tobacco company lawsuits. I'm the victim, not the state, I wanna quit, I can't afford the meds/treatment. We don't neeed another commercial or any more brochures. We need REAL help for smokers if you want us to quit.

[Tjuan Taylor]

Its all Kathy Taylors fault!!

[closetprotester]

Maybe they should worry more about the fat people. I hear Oklahoma doesn't rank too well in that area either....

[Not in it for the money]

closetprotester wrote:

Maybe they should worry more about the fat people. I hear Oklahoma doesn't rank too well in that area either....

Absolutely agree! Obesity is not better or worse than smoking!

[Joe Allen Doty in Tulsa]

I don't have to reduce my tobacco use; I don't use tobacco in any form.

[Joe Allen Doty in Tulsa]

Being in the presence of obese folks has no affect on anyone else's health; but, being in the presence of tobacco smoking folks affects the health of even the non-smokers.

[Jerry]

This "Johnny Come Lately" idea is already happening across our state. The reformed non smokers and the people that never smoked have made their valid points. To respect their space which also includes their homes and vehicles. It is happening NOW. I am a smoker and I respect the other person's life style and do not impose my habit on others which includes members of my own family. I resent the goverment telling me and /or others how to live their lives. How to live in their own homes. I say back off and clean your own houses first.

[Tman]

Joe Allen Doty in Tulsa wrote:

Being in the presence of obese folks has no affect on anyone else's health; but, being in the presence of tobacco smoking folks affects the health of even the non-smokers.

Ever get caught between to fat people?
I have, it isn't pretty, and often smells bad because obese people often cannot clean themselves after--well, you know.

As for the other--with all the restrictions
on smokers now, you should avoid those places. Places where adults can still make free choices.

[eddie]

skyking wrote:

Good idea. Just send me a chunk of the money Okiehomie received from the tobacco company lawsuits. I'm the victim, not the state, I wanna quit, I can't afford the meds/treatment. We don't neeed another commercial or any more brochures. We need REAL help for smokers if you want us to quit.

amen other states offer patches! okla offers nothing.offering patches and gum would help. spend the money on something that helps not ads

[Joe Allen Doty in Tulsa]

Tman wrote:

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Ever get caught between to fat people?
I have, it isn't pretty, and often smells bad because obese people often cannot clean themselves after--well, you know.
As for the other--with all the restrictions
on smokers now, you should avoid those places. Places where adults can still make free choices.

Not all overweight, even grossly overweight people smell badly. I have been around skinny people who had the same kinds of body odor that obese people have.

And I have been around smokers who complained about another people's bad breath and those smokers' breaths were worse than the persons they griped about.

Oh, once a person gets addicted to the nicotine in tobacco, he no longer is able to make those free choices.

Nicotine is an addictive drug and therefore tobacco should have been one thing under the control of the Food and Drug Administration many decades ago. Same with alcoholic beverages (but, however, I am not against drinking in moderation).

[Big Brother]

First the government will control onething that they claim is bad for you and can prove it is bad for you. Then they will find something else to control and claim it is bad for you and prove it and kept going till they control everything in your life. Like when you go to bed, when you wake up, how many kids you can have, where you can work and so on. Tell me how far are we going to let the government control our private life. When are we going to say enough is enough.

[Zoie]

Just wait until they realize how many tax dollars will be lost. There will be a turn around on the advantages of being a loyal partner to the tobacco industry. Remember to vote

[Tjuan Taylor]

Joe Allen Doty in Tulsa wrote:

I don't have to reduce my tobacco use; I don't use tobacco in any form.

That is a new record for the shortest post that Joe Allen Doty in Tulsa has ever made! Congratulations!

[quagmire]

Tjuan Taylor wrote:

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That is a new record for the shortest post that Joe Allen Doty in Tulsa has ever made! Congratulations!

hahahahaha...giggidy

[Not in it for the money]

Tjuan Taylor wrote:

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That is a new record for the shortest post that Joe Allen Doty in Tulsa has ever made! Congratulations!

Sorry, it is disqualified since he followed it up with a few more random rants. Make him go away!

[Tjuan Taylor]

Not in it for the money wrote:

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Sorry, it is disqualified since he followed it up with a few more random rants. Make him go away!

Between him and Tjuan Davis, we have us a real live circus!!

[him]

Not in it for the money wrote:

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Sorry, it is disqualified since he followed it up with a few more random rants. Make him go away!

now you want me to go away?!?!?! jeez

[noodles]

him wrote:

<quoted text>now you want me to go away?!?!?! jeez

What's up with that Galea freak in the other forum?