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Aaron wrote:Nah man, I'm with you, I wish smoking could be gotten rid of. It's fucking disgusting, almost as bad as chew.

Smoking is on the decline in America, not only in the total number of active smokers, but in the amount of cigarettes consumed. A newly released report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that while fewer American adults are smoking, and those who still do are smoking less, the trend of decline falls short of government expectations.
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However, the CDC found that rate of the decline between 2005 and 2010 has slowed since the previous five-year period. According to a statement from Dr. Tim McAfee, director of the CDC Office on Smoking and Health, “This slowing trend shows the need for intensified efforts to reduce cigarette smoking among adults.” He went on to explain, “We know what works: higher tobacco prices, hard-hitting media campaigns, graphic health warnings on cigarette packs, and 100 percent smoke-free policies, with easily accessible help for those who want to quit.”
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Theobromine wrote:

Phantasee wrote:Nobody made it a pissing contest about selflessness but Bean. So he was basically pissing himself the whole time.

I thought that there is a legitimate point somewhere that giving for personal reasons is a little less selfless than giving to something you have no interest in.

But its a useless, stupid point to make because all you can fairly say is that you deserve an A- grade for good conduct instead of an A. A pointless distinction unless your incredibly pedantic or for some reason have a real legitimate reason to weigh moral behavior down to fine distinctions.

Needless to say, only a jackass would try to make anyone feel less good about doing a good thing over something so small, unless you were being so overbearingly smug about it you deserved to be taken down a notch.

adr wrote:i'm watching the new episode of ncis and they've really cranked up the ridiculousness. an undercover fbi agent gets a suspect into a situation where he could have easily been arrested

but instead the fbi takes him to a shady place and open fire without warning


what the fuck, that's a new low of law enforcement even for this show. there's a lot of killing in this show but i don't remember any blatant (attempted, he got away) murders like this before; there's usually a bad guy initiated gunfight of some sort; they raise a gun or something



i guess it is just following real life developments :< blargh