therapists that smoke

[Lynne Baker]

I'm sorry that you had to nurse your mum through lung cancer; I can't begin to imagine how awful that must have been for you and your loved ones. I too loathe what excessive alcohol consumption does to people and you can be assured that I have equal loathing for that unnecessary habit.
I can truthfully say that I've never been so drunk as to fall over in the street or cause mayhem in any way, and again, I've seen the effects of this on people when they got brought into casualty, and in some instances, had to come to theatre to be patched up.

I recently wrote to my MP suggesting that one possible way to deal with such irresponsible behaviour is to charge the drunken person for the treatment they need. Or perhaps a punitive fine might deter people from getting bladdered and taking up the emergency services' time.
As to your point that smokers are the bane of society, I think that drunkards are too, as are smackheads. We go on about the nanny state, usually in a pejorative way. But sometimes when people seem unwilling or unable to take care of themselves the government has to step in, perhaps to save people from themselves.

I'm truly, genuinely sad that you had to watch your mum die from a smoking related disease.
:hug:

 

[*JOANNE*]

no body has to justify why they smoke,
no one has to justify why they wont or in mine and lots of other peeps cases cant give up
and no one has the right to label a smoker as discusting and smelly,
as for the burden on the nhs us smokers put on....well thats what our national insurance is for.......or are we only allowed to pay our stamp and hope we dont need treatment for smoking related illnessess??????????? going into the whats and where for's over what is draining the nhs is another arguement and should not be aimed at once specific group.....for point scoring or higher than though attitudes
most of us smokers are fully aware sometimes to the point of being paranoid if we come across as smelly faggy breathed people and most of us make dam sure we dont.

 

[Katelisa]

I chose no, it clashes and 'other'. My other opinion is that i think smoking is a gross habit for anyone. let alone for someone that has to come into close proximity of you to povide a professional service that is supposedly to enhance beauty and health and make you feel good. Smoking is the absolute opposite of all of those things.

even after hand washing and chewing gum, it still smells. being a non smoker i can smell it a mile off, it actually makes me feel sick.

im not saying its right or wrong, but personally, i cant bear to be near smoke / smokers.

public smoking ban was the best thing that ever happened IMO!! lol.

 

[slingwood]

I feel I should apologise for offending people here. I'm not suggesting for a second that smokers are paedophiles; what I meant was that paedophiles are hated, and smokers are being treated with a similar disdain.

hi hun, i understand what you were trying to say because as a smoker myself i hide my habit because if i dont i am made to feel like the scum of the earth!

i think it was just the word used to describe yur feelings that caused problems, and we are wether we like it or not, treated with disdain!

But aren,t we all friends and proffessionals here, i'm sure we dont all have the same views on everything! life would be boring if we did, and i dont think we should personally attack each others views! i think calla's comments were taken out of context by us already touchy smokers xxx

 

[Bagpuss]

Thankfully the people I surround myself with care more about the kind of person I am and don't judge me on whether i smoke or not.....thankfully i think most people do the same. I certainly don't feel loathed or hated for being smoker.

Obesity is a killer too but I don't feel hatred for anyone I see eating a burger...:lol:

 

[gillian w]

Ive nothing against smokers as long as they are considerate smokers and are aware that its not nice for those that dont smoke.

I think generally people are now a days i wouldn't expect someone to light up in my house anymore without asking and most of my clients eat mints before treatments.

I must say i do find it disturbing when i see people on oxygen still smoking outside hospitals but then my 79 year old mum has always smoke since age 16 and i can understand how hard it is to stop.I myself smoked for 10 years before i was pregnant.

My mum has never suffered with any breathing probs or commonly known smoking related illness but what she does have is macular degeneration where by she is basically almost blind which evidently is a circulatory thing and very common in smokers.

 

[Katelisa]

Obesity is a killer too but I don't feel hatred for anyone I see eating a burger...:lol:

lol, but if they were already obese and sitting tucking into a burger, wouldnt you be thinkin to yourself "stipud idiot, they should be looking after themselves better" i know i would!!

 

[hippy-chick]

hi guys.

my opinion on smoking is that I used to hate inconsiderate smokers, the ones that would happily smog the room up and you had to stand next to them when they did it. I was over the moon when the smoking ban came in, going to the pub is now a pleasure and I totally enjoy watching my friends go outside for a smoke when its crappy weather!

I also hate inconsiderate smokers that continue to do treatments on you and you can smell it on their hands, their clothes and on their breath. I have left a premises half way through a treatment because of it.

When I read the comment on the paedophiles, I 'got it' I knew the person wasn't saying that smokers are paedos but are now treated like it.

It is getting a little heated and personal now. so am going to close the thread.

BTW I also hate seeing chefs in full uniform puffing away outside restaurants.
Yuck!