Hi Nightlight, regardless of all this convincing massive amounts of info you are giving us, and as great as it sounds, it does not explain the hospital bills over where i live due to those smoking and having the typical outcomes. you may wish to put that down to anything BUT smoking, but I'm afraid, some have managed to reverse this by quitting. What a pity they took it up in teh first place. Does not explain those with throat cancer and having to talk through a plug-like device either.

Again, you may want to come up with anything else as an excuse. it also does not explain why both my parents, smokers, deteriorated until they gave up smoking. My father got so bad, that even when he "tried" to smoke, he'd end up having terrible coughing fits and had to quit. He improved in health and never looked back.

My Mother ended up with ongoing chest problems, some coughing, other health issues, never attributed it to smoking at all. Continued and things worsened. finally when she gave up, these things improved and she's never looked back.

Frankly, I don't like what you are doing here entirely and many people in my country have had to pay out tax payers money to fork out for those who have damaged themselves by years of smoking or even obesity related disorders, some of which are caused by those overeating. Perhaps I ought to encourage both my parnets to take up smoking again based on your advice? Lead them right back to how they were. They did actually take it up again and guess what? Same stuff occured, so they were in actual fact forced to stop due to the side effects.

I know two old men, identical twins. One smokes, the other does not. THe one who smokes, has ended up with all the health problems, he coughs, he's weak, things are falling apart, the other one is strong and doing fine. NO problems at all. Again, you'll put it down to something else I'm sure.

Also, my toxicity from my smoking bout? That was not mind over matter. I would not have bought them in the first place if I had a mind set over what it might do. I was SHOCKED to have this occur, and this I did not expect and there is no way I would have thought 4 months later I'd be suffering still from the severe aftereffects.

I don't think it would matter what people had gone through, or what family members they've lost due to smoking or have cancer, I assume you would continue to support your view regardless. I don't buy into it and I think it's about time the tobacco companies were taken down for the damage they have caused.

Yule Brynner, the great hollywood star, kept his body in SUPREME fitness condition and health. His only vice was smoking. He smoked daily. He died young from smoking related disease.

I can't convince you, nobody can, you've got your mind set that it's great. I have a cousin that smokes, she eats well, but she's pale, tired and coughs. Will she give up? no. Now if that's the outcome of the health benefits of smoking and raising glutathione levels, I'm not sure I'd like to take it up to be in that state just to avoid some old age brain disease.

Perhaps, once again it is due to the toxins/chemicals they now have in smokes, compared to the ones you speak of, I do not know. Regardless, the anti smoking agenda is aimed at the right thing, because the cigarettes of today are toxic without a doubt.

The ones you speak of may well have the benefits that you have shared with us, but I have YET to see a positive outcome of a smoker within my family or relatives.... and frankly I do not feel like encouraging it based on what you have shared, as I don't completely buy into it, what you share and what I"ve seen are two totally different experiences... and that concerns me.

Again, are we talking about very different cigarettes here nightlight? If so, then please continue to make that clear in your posts or people will assume you are speaking of ALL cigarettes, which I TOTALLY disagree are healthy for anybody. But you seem to talk about smoking in general, which makes out that they're all "ok".

The anti smoking agenda, is aimed at cigarettes full stop, but most of which are the ones marketed tooday on the shelves full of many toxic chemicals and addictive poisons. I can hardly believe that you'd find this an issue? wishing to place warning signs on the cigarettes of today???? KNowing what they have in them? Is there really something wrong with actually giving people a chance to see what these cancer causing chemicals are capable of doing? I don't see the issue and it should have been done a long time ago.

Again, perhaps the cigarettes you speak of, the old style organics have some benefits, but most likely in moderation. But please do not speak of smoking in general, this gives people a wrong impression and also is rather callous considering how many of us have smoking casualties within our own families.