Cigarettes vs obese ?

Your smoking affects other people's health. Also, you didn't need to start smoking in the first place. You must have known it's unhealthy. Everyone needs to eat, and it's much harder stopping overeating. You have to eat to live. You certainly don't need to smoke.

The reason why is because the cigarette smoke is affecting everyone around you. Non-smokers choose not to smoke. By someone smoking everyone around them is inhalling the smoke. Now, with the food and someone obese eating it, that doesn't effect anyones health besides the person eating it. Also, another reason why is because you smokers choose to smoke. No one made the smoker smoke, it was their own decision. People that are overweight, sometimes also have Thyroid Gland issues or other medical issues that make losing weight that much harder.

"People that are overweight, sometimes also have Thyroid Gland issues or other medical issues that make losing weight that much harder."

Sometimes that thyroid gland issue can be related to a bad diet.

People that are overweight should be accepted, and people that smoke should be accepted. But they both should be changed (not forcefully). And people don't need to be yelled at for doing something wrong, unless it fits the situation. And Tampa Biz addiction is addiction.

"Also, another reason why is because you smokers choose to smoke."

I can say the same thing about Big macs and fast-food-junkies.

There's definitely a double-standard - however, I'm from the South, where smoking and obesity are equally problematic and commonplace. (Yep, we still have restaurants where you can smoke inside! ha!).

If you've seen those "TRUTH" anti-smoking commercials, you've witnessed the power of a highly financed media campaign geared to shutting down the tobacco industry. Maybe someone could/should do a series of (parodies?) those commercials and instead of smokers, they could focus on obese people.

I recently read that young people today - and potentially our children - will have lower life expectancies due to obesity and miserable eating habits (and diseases caused by those habits, such as diabetes, coronary disease, liver and kidney diseases, etc).

because people can't seem to mind their own people Always feel the need to chime in on other peoples Business when they should be worried about themselves

Everyone that said obesity isn't a choice yeah ok

Nobody told fatty to Super size those fries coke and shake and obesity effect other too nobody wants to watch lard *** 400 pound fatty shove 6 burgers in their mouth its gross and makes other sick

obesity is not a diesease put down the whopper and eat a salad

Lots of people complain about smoking. That's why they have banned it in so many public places. Smoking stinks and bothers people. How is fatass bothering you and why would you be concerned about his health so much. Mind you own business and stop bothering others with your smoke.

I'm an altria shareholder. Let em smoke it's their right. We all know the govt only cares about collecting that tax anyway.

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Would you rather want to sit next to someone who is puffing away at a stinky cigarette or a person eating a burger?

The smoke affects everyone in a pubic place....someone else's food does not