Chemical Salad

I know......the picture is impossible to read. So let me break it down. In cigarettes, there are over 4,000 chemicals. Some of the more recognizable ones are:

Butane (lighter fluid)
Cadmium (batteries)
Stearic acid (candle wax)
Hexamine (barbeque lighter)
Toluene (industrial solvent)
Nicotine (insecticide)
Ammonia (toilet cleaner)
Paint
Fuel
Methanol (rocket fuel!!)
Carbon Monoxide
Arsenic
Methane (sewer gas)
Acetic acid (vinegar)

Hmmmm.........Nicotine (insecticide)..........Am I addicted to bug spray? Am I EXTERMINATING myself?!?
I see olive oil and garlic salt aren't listed as ingredients, otherwise I could probably deal with the vinegar, but who tosses their salad with BUTANE & vinegar and a sprinkle or two of arsenic? Not me. Apparently I save that for my lungs. As for the candle wax, I prefer the delicate flicker of the flame on the table as I'm eating. Gnawing on the candle as I await my meal has never occured to me. And the thought doesn't appeal to me now. And I know I'm not the best at sparking up the barbeque, but it would never make me so depressed that I would just grab the barbeque lighter and inhale it. Wait. I AM inhaling the barbeque lighter. Twenty times a day.....more if I add alcohol. Sigh. I guess I AM depressed.

Anyone who knows me, knows that the two chores I hate doing the most are cleaning the toilet and cleaning the car. So I guess my motto is "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." And in goes the sewer gas, toilet cleaner and fuel! Am I making anyone else besides me sick yet?

The pamplet that the state sent me with this lovely information on it, included a quote from a scientist. It said, "noone has ever gotten addicted to cigarettes by smoking tobacco." It's all these other ingredients. Reading this chemical list reminds me of the article I browsed the other day about meth labs. I think crystal meth even had some of the same ingredients. And that's just disgusting. I could go on a whole big rant about the tobacco companies and how they have created all of us drug addicts and how they are still in business because they have bought themselves a chunk of the government, but we've all heard that before.

I've tried to quit smoking a million times and next week I will try again. This time I will refer to my attempt as a boycott: if I can boycott wal-mart (they don't deserve to be capitalized) then I damn sure need to put as much effort into boycotting phillip-morris (again, lower case letters for lower life bastards).

Fellow boycotters! Unite! go here:

www.nysmokefree.com

It's a pretty groovy site...if groovy is the right word for a site full of interesting scare tactics! Scary, yes. But encouraging too.