It plain ain’t my fault, ya seez
Posted by TFG on April 2nd, 2008
Genetic link tied to smoking addiction - Yahoo! News
Scientists have pinpointed genetic variations that make people more likely to get hooked on cigarettes and more prone to develop lung cancer — a finding that could someday lead to screening tests and customized treatments for smokers trying to kick the habit.
The discovery by three separate teams of scientists makes the strongest case so far for the biological underpinnings of nicotine addiction and sheds more light on how genetics and lifestyle habits join forces to cause cancer.
Excellent. I get to blame these stinky Marlboros, juicy Copenhagen, and delicious 888 Churchills on my parents, too. See, it ain’t just me being a weak-willed pansy with a drinking lifestyle problem, I tells ya!
Yeah, I got all three in reach. Stupid Sir Walter Raleigh. Blessed St. Walter.
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:43 pm
I wonder why some of us have had a hard time putting down the bottle, for instance, but have no problem smoking a pack of cigarettes in one sitting, and *thoroughly enjoying them*, once every few years. Yes, I’m one of these people, and the Benson & Hedges 100s from a few weeks ago tasted just as good as the last pack I smoked right at 7 years ago-but I have no desire to smoke any more, at present. The smoking-addiction thing fascinates me, as I can see how it could be terribly addictive, though I’d just as soon The Nanny State didn’t outlaw tobacco, and they won’t anytime soon, given their addiction to the tax revenues generated from same.
The R Man
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 pm
I seem to be stuck with both of them, plus cards. It’s hell. Heh, heh.
Big Mommy isn’t going to outlaw tobacco, they’re going to regulate the shit out of it. I’m sure you heard.