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Interesting, I did not know that Queen Alexandra smoked. Well, it was modern and hip in those days I think!
Queen Elizabeth II - From what I have read, she did smoke when she was a teenager but quit shortly after the second world war ended.
Prince Philip - smoked until his marriage to Queen Elizabeth II.
The Queen Mother - it's an open secert that the Queen mother smoked until she was well in to her 80s.
Prince Charles is an avid anti-smoker and has never smoked. Princess Anne never smoked though she did admit to trying it when she was younger. Prince Andrew and the Duchess of York smoked until the birth of their first child. Andrew is now reported to be a "social smoker". Edward is like Charles is an avid anti-smoker.
i read sum where charles smoked but quit becuse the way his grandad died
It really surprises me how many royals smoke. It's a lot more than I would have thought. Sometimes I wonder if the royals who smoke think that somehow they will not have health issues down the road or somehow believe that they will be the few lucky ones that are not touched by health issues relating to smoking. They probably don't think about this at all and probably aren't happy when people bring this up.
Health issues relating to smoking doesn't discriminate (it can be found in the highest socio-economic levels to the lowest). Access to good medical care helps but it doesn't always save you from having chronic health issues relating to smoking.
I've never smoked in my life and I never acquired the habit of it as it is one of the most difficult habits to break. I've seen people try to quit smoking and some succeed and then others don't.
If I offended someone by making this comments, I apologize. This was not my intention nor was it my intention to tell someone what to do and what not to. I've known too many people who have suffered from smoking and this is why I'm passionate about it.
That is an generalisation. Sweden have been running the health consequences at least s much as the US and started with it seriously over 30 years ago, and have as far as I know more restricive rules regarding smoking than any US State (altough some US counties have stricter rules). And as usually what is true for Sweden is true for most of Scandinavia, but perhaps not all (hmpf.. Denm...).Smoking is more accepted in Europe and Asia than in the US, although rates for smoking are now rising again in the US especially among teenagers and young adults. In Europe the health consequences of smoking haven't been presented as aggressively as in the US and Canada. Europe has started to address smoking and it's dangers in the last 10 yrs or so.
Like Charles, I'm an avid anti-smoker!
But I can be calmer about it now that it's been mostly banned in public places, so I don't have to put up with second-hand smoke any longer.
I really don't care what people do in the privacy of their own homes, so if they want to rot their lungs out and get cancer or emphysema, it's up to them.
However, I think many young people smoke in a desperate effort to keep their weight down, especially celebrities.
Although initially weight can be lost when taking up cigarette smoking, the body adjusts after a few weeks and the weight is gained, so it's not a good way to keep weight down. Unfortunately, whilst you may be saved from second-hand cigarette smoke by the public ban, I wonder what could be done about the possible dangers of polution?!
nascarlucy said:I admire Charles taking a stand on this issue. I hate to say this but sadly people have to learn the hard way that smoking is not good for their body or their health. If they don't want their children to smoke, they will have a hard time telling them not to, espcially if the children growing up saw their parents smoking. One can't say much if they smoke and then their children pick up the habit later on when they are adults.
Smoking will never been eliminated and banning it outright will just make it more attractive (the forbidden fruit). Prohibition in the United States was a joke. Special interests groups wanted if because if there was no more drinking, then supposedly people getting into fights with each other would cease and families would be stronger as a result. This didn't happen but made drinking more popular than ever. Tell someone they can't have this or do this and they will find a way to do so. Most people during that time period had no difficulty finding it.
What interesting to me is that many of the royals who do smoke try to hide it (seems to be some shame in being seen smoking) but when you can't smoke inside a public building, or if you go outside, someone might take a picture of you with the cigarette in your mouth, you have a very hard time hiding it.
From people I know who have tried to quit, it's very very difficult. It can be done but sometimes people quit several times before they are finally able to kick the habit. They say this is the most difficult habit to break, smoking.
Sorry but people should have the right to smoke if they want to- ban it to protect non smokers fine but it's not to teach smokers a 'lesson' about how bad it is for their health- most know and either are to addicted or don't care..... Sorry but smokers have rights too and I am tired of always getting a bad rap for it.