Recent content by chrisdimassi

Keeping the arteries elastic is probably one of the best preventatives (so they don't develop cracks that need "patching" -one factor that eventually leads to clogged arteries). Genetics might be part of it but if someone is exposed to a carcinogen long enough, they will get cancer...

Too bad they don't make styptic powder for skin. Razor cuts are a royal pain.

I don't know any more than anyone else here. Less, actually (which is why I asked the question here). I am a non-smoker and I don't think anyone wants to force smokers to quit smoking, it's just that it needs to be done outside or an extremely well-ventilated room away from the air intake...

Speaking of wood, pine and cedar are irritating to most asthmatics. A few articles reference the production of enzymes in the liver of animals exposed to them, also! If you have caged critters (ferrets or rabbits/other rodents), avoid cedar and pine wood shavings...

Your parents really should be griped at for smoking in the house. They have a choice, you don't. It might never affect you, the effects probably depend upon how much exposure over how much length of time, in addition to genetic factors. Being overweight is a big problem for the health...

Chris, Your original question led me to believe your post referred to the "smell of the residue". The residue left behind from tobacco smoke is not just a substance left on the wall, it includes the gasses absorbed by the walls, wood, carpet, mattress, pillows, window shades, curtains, etcs...

If you live in the house, then you definitely have no choice but to breathe second hand smoke. However, the risk is minimized the further you are from the smoker and the shorter the duration (number of years). Unless you live with them for the next 30 years, there probably won't be enough...

Indeed I did not not mention second hand smoke, Russ. There's no doubt that second hand smoke is dangerous (cancer, emphysema, asthma) by degree of amount and length of exposure. So that wasn't my question. No Time, you sound like someone trying out for a leading role in the movie, "Thank you...

Is the problem in the tar? Also, I wonder how long the sss has to linger to be harmful.

The population has risen in general so there will be higher rates of every disease. Now if you mean that the percentages have actually gone up, there are lots of things to account for that. The main one being the american diet has gotten worse and worse. Fast food gets cheaper and cheaper...

Everyone's been in a house or motel room and smelled the residue of tar from cigarettes that stays in walls, carpet and ducts from previous smokers. The important question is does it pose a hazard to health? How much, if at all, does the threat diminish with time?

I'm shocked that parents ever complain about how the grading is going. I thought the whole PTA thing was supposed to be getting together with the teachers to discuss the student's study habits and how to improve them, etc...? If your school allows it, invite the mother to come audit the...

At least they're all doing something good. Bet they're getting a tax break but what the hell, it's all good...:biggrin:

That's an interesting scholastic background, JasonRox. My only parent to ever give me any bit of general encouragement was my mother, also. She corrected my spelling, grammar and pronunciation relentlessly. :rolleyes: That's about it. It's too bad I never had a tutor. To the ones who do...

Finally found it http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/news.asp?id=3094" She's an english teacher though. Found another one from back in May (physics this time) http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/mesa/articles/0601gr-milken0531Z11.html" That's probably close to what they make a year :frown...