On Sat, 07 May 2005 14:08:28 GMT, Monsur Fromage du Pollet
> wrote:

>Melba's Jammin' wrote on 07 May 2005 in rec.food.cooking
>
>> In article >, Terry
>> Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>>
>> > On 4 May 2005 20:23:52 -0700, "Damsel in dis Dress"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> > <snip>
>> >
>> > > We have quit-smoking patches, but he won't quit
>> > >until after his surgery.
>> >
>> > OMG, Dams...I have back surgery in my future (putting it off
>> > until I can't stand the pain anymore) and my doc said smokers
>> > are the hardest hit by major surgery. I don't smoke, but the DH
>> > does and he told the DH that when I have to have the spinal
>> > fusion, even *he* has to quit smoking long beforehand, even
>> > though he never smokes in the house or car.
>>
>>
>> Interesting. I wonder why. The Widow Geraldine is having back
>> surgery on Monday and she's a heavy smoker. I wonder if the doc
>> told her to quit. Like it would carry any sway with her. :-/
>
>Up here there are several Doctors (GPs) who won't treat people who
>smoke. They insisted their patents quit and those that didn't needed to
>find a new Doctor. I'm guessing these doctors are members of the
>smoking Nazis. (Those people who refuse to give smokers even some
>rights and persecute smokers to the max). I don't smoke anymore and
>feel those that do smoke should have some rights.
>--

Although I am puzzled that GPs would refuse to take on smokers as
patients, I'm not really sympathetic to smokers. They had it good for
a looooong time, with absolutely no regard for non-smokers. None at
all. The worm has turned.

I can't imagine what kind of rights smokers should have besides the
right to foul up their own environment; it's not like smoke stays in
one place. And really, if a hostile environment encourages people to
quit (or not start), it's better for them as well. The younger
smokers who have not grown up with the idea that they have "rights" as
smokers are much more accepting of the situation.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!