quote: ''Killing Me Softly With His Song' is an all time classic song and a massive number 1 hit for Roberta Flack in 1973 and The Fugees in 1997. The subject of the song is, of course, Don McLean. The story of how the song was written after Lori Lieberman saw Don in concert at the Troubadour in LA was told in a newspaper article from April 1973. You can view a scan of this article and read the story. The print is fairly small.
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"second hand smoke is even more harmful that first hand."
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quote:Originally posted by Nimpim: "second hand smoke is even more harmful that first hand."
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i was just telling the truth, unless of course you breathe through a cigarette filter, in which case second hand and first hand smoke would be about the same for you.
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I don't smoke. I can hardly even be in the same room w/ someone who's smoking. I have to breathe as little as possible to avoid coughing (which becomes rather painful after a few minutes of doing it constantly).
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I'm with Tim.... my grandparents used to smoke, and I could hardly stand it THEN... now that they're gone and I haven't been around it in years, it's even harder to take....
Smoking - pleh.
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Like Simon, I do not smoke, despite having tried it a couple of times. Unlike him, I did do something interesting once.
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Why exactly would second hand smoke be worse than first hand?
I can come up with a convoluted mathematical explanation when we're talking about a large number of people, but I have the feeling thats not what you're getting at...
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I've heard that second-hand smoking is worse than first hand, too. I thought it was nearly common knowledge. I've probably heard the why of it some time in the past, but it escapes me at the moment.
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I think that it is do to the fact that smoked smoke has been filtered through the cigarette filter and my lungs.... and the wispy smoke hasn't been...
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quote:Originally posted by Mucus: Time out:
Why exactly would second hand smoke be worse than first hand?
as Ritten said, smoke off the tip of the cigarette hasn't been filtered by anything.
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It's still not comparable to the plethora of other ailment-bonuses a smoker can take part of; bad blood-circulation, bad teeth, destroyed lung tissue, AOT. Plus, we non-smokers can choose not to be in smokey places, my gf and I always skip the restaurants/caf�'s where it's too much.
Smokers, otoh, mostly don't have the choice or mental strength to quit, and so must get exposed, albeit with the "filters" (although many people I know roll themselves, without filter).
So, the proverbial "nyah", then. :-)
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