Probably the best summary on "Self fulfilling prophecies".
is from Wikipedia. Wikipedia is very useful for us ordinary mortals for
checking basic facts - even if it is sneered at by the knowledge
elite.
Wikipedia says "A self-fulfilling prophecy is a
prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by
the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to positive feedback between
belief and behaviour."
Is it any different from the placebo/nocebo effect?
We
already know that placebo is powerful and that nocebo is equally as
powerful but in a negative way - from Wikipedia - "Nocebo responses are
not chemically generated and are due only to the subject's pessimistic
belief and expectation that the inert drug will produce negative
consequences."
The banner on my not so inert Natural
American Spirit Tobacco used to assure me that "Smoking seriously harms
you and others around you" and also (in LARGE BLACK LETTERS) that
"Smoking Kills". The very old people I know who smoke, did most of their
smoking in the years when such blatant subliminals were not fired at
at their subconscious minds every time they smoked. They even believed
it did them some good - and pleasure-wise maybe it did. Pleasure is
strong medicine.
It would be interesting to know if death
by smoking and smoking related illnesses increased when the minds of
smokers started to be manipulated by such notices. Might it become worse
if we are given pictures of how are bodies are expected to look if we
carry on with our disgusting habit? We might produce that which we see.
Do
we have the right to legally challenge our governments for exacerbating
the damage we do to ourselves by the self fulling prophecies they
inflict us with?
If I died as instructed to on my tobacco product, can my heirs sue Tobacco Control for causing my death prematurely?
Thank god there are no such criminal notices on my vaping products - I prefer vaping to smoking just for that!
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Saturday, 29 September 2012
Lucky vaping me!
Yesterday was weird! MY day was all planned - lovely,
retired now, so I can do what I like most of the time. I love doing what
I like. It makes me happy.
So, to get back to my weird yesterday. I was doing what I like - and, believe me, I do it well!
My husband was in the roof repairing the plumbing.
Suddenly there was an almighty crash. I thought my husband had fallen down the loft ladder and killed himself. So I raced along to find the top of the stairs, the carpeting, the walls and skirtings covered with orange-ish vomit. I thought, my God, this is serious. But my panic lifted when I found the empty 2litre PVA paint tin labelled "Apricot" jammed against the bannister at the foot of the loft ladder where it landed and exploded on impact. Husband was unaware, and there was he peering down from the loft asking me what happened.
Later, in his plumbing repairing day, he left the bathroom tap on in the basin with the plug in. The floor flooded. There was lots of wetness, paint and more wetness around yesterday.
I did an extra lot of what I don't like yesterday - shows you - never plan ahead. They tell me Pluto is ruling us at the moment - must be Pluto.
The plumbing in the roof is now fixed and the shower works a treat!
We did not have a pleasant yesterday.
But I feel more lucky than he - he is not dead - and I can comfort myself by vaping. Lucky me!
So, to get back to my weird yesterday. I was doing what I like - and, believe me, I do it well!
My husband was in the roof repairing the plumbing.
Suddenly there was an almighty crash. I thought my husband had fallen down the loft ladder and killed himself. So I raced along to find the top of the stairs, the carpeting, the walls and skirtings covered with orange-ish vomit. I thought, my God, this is serious. But my panic lifted when I found the empty 2litre PVA paint tin labelled "Apricot" jammed against the bannister at the foot of the loft ladder where it landed and exploded on impact. Husband was unaware, and there was he peering down from the loft asking me what happened.
Later, in his plumbing repairing day, he left the bathroom tap on in the basin with the plug in. The floor flooded. There was lots of wetness, paint and more wetness around yesterday.
I did an extra lot of what I don't like yesterday - shows you - never plan ahead. They tell me Pluto is ruling us at the moment - must be Pluto.
The plumbing in the roof is now fixed and the shower works a treat!
We did not have a pleasant yesterday.
But I feel more lucky than he - he is not dead - and I can comfort myself by vaping. Lucky me!
Friday, 28 September 2012
Thank you Vapers
This blog is about vaping - happy clapping celebrating vaping and defending vaping from persecution too.
Here are some statistics on my blog.
This is my 101st post. My 100th post "Do vapers know this?" had a lot of reads. But the one of all time was "Incandescent - shame on you Facebook!"
The USA reads my blog more than anywhere else.
Thank you all those who have read my posts!
I have 13 followers - thank you lovely followers!
I follow 27 other people's blogs. There are many more I'd like to follow but I already have information overload. These 27 are people who are working daily to spread the word on the Internet that NO! things as they are, are NOT all right. They are using their right to free speech. The ones who are regular, chiseling away at those things they see as injustices, have my great admiration. It takes focus and discipline to do that. Thank you for wielding, on my behalf, my right to free speech.
You say it so well!
Here are some statistics on my blog.
This is my 101st post. My 100th post "Do vapers know this?" had a lot of reads. But the one of all time was "Incandescent - shame on you Facebook!"
The USA reads my blog more than anywhere else.
United States
|
1886
|
United Kingdom
|
991
|
Russia
|
220
|
Canada
|
123
|
Germany
|
82
|
Australia
|
43
|
Poland
|
30
|
China
|
27
|
Philippines
|
17
|
Brazil
|
13
|
Thank you all those who have read my posts!
I have 13 followers - thank you lovely followers!
I follow 27 other people's blogs. There are many more I'd like to follow but I already have information overload. These 27 are people who are working daily to spread the word on the Internet that NO! things as they are, are NOT all right. They are using their right to free speech. The ones who are regular, chiseling away at those things they see as injustices, have my great admiration. It takes focus and discipline to do that. Thank you for wielding, on my behalf, my right to free speech.
You say it so well!
Monday, 24 September 2012
Do vapers know this?
On Sunday a Swiss plebiscite voted AGAINST a smoking ban as we have it in the UK/USA. They OVERWHELMINGLY voted AGAINST it. This is the first country, that I know of where the people/citizens have been asked about their attitude to smoking.
It doesn't matter if you are a vaper who dispises smoking because you have overcome it - or a vaper that considers themselves a smoker that vapes, this is an astonishing event! Whatever happens to smokers, will happen to us, because in the minds of Anti smokers, vaping IS smoking.
Two things come to mind that vapers should know.
The first is - if we now despise smokers (we are better because we vape) - we are in bed with our own enemy who demonises smokers and smoking and has twisted our minds to feel that.
The second is - if you have seen nothing about the "against-the-ban" vote in Switzerland in the press, it's because our enemy is not reporting any good news for smokers. This is proof that nearly everything we know about smoking has to be suspect.
I am WAITING for an article in the press, or a report in the news. Please let me know if you find one!
It doesn't matter if you are a vaper who dispises smoking because you have overcome it - or a vaper that considers themselves a smoker that vapes, this is an astonishing event! Whatever happens to smokers, will happen to us, because in the minds of Anti smokers, vaping IS smoking.
Two things come to mind that vapers should know.
The first is - if we now despise smokers (we are better because we vape) - we are in bed with our own enemy who demonises smokers and smoking and has twisted our minds to feel that.
The second is - if you have seen nothing about the "against-the-ban" vote in Switzerland in the press, it's because our enemy is not reporting any good news for smokers. This is proof that nearly everything we know about smoking has to be suspect.
I am WAITING for an article in the press, or a report in the news. Please let me know if you find one!
Sunday, 23 September 2012
One small step? Or a Giant leap?
The result of the Swiss vote today seems really sane to me - I am pleased for once. The UK Government should take note. When Cameron came to power, I remember a reassessing of the smoking ban was promised. What happened? Well, like many other promises and my vote in the future, it all went to pot.
It would be nice to live in a democracy instead of a lobbyocracy.
Surely our politicians realise who manipulates them? And how corrupt a lobbyocracy is? And how, to be a politician in a lobbyocracy you have to be specially adept at NOT getting yourself hoodwinked by sockpuppets?
Review the smoking ban like you promised!
It would be nice to live in a democracy instead of a lobbyocracy.
Surely our politicians realise who manipulates them? And how corrupt a lobbyocracy is? And how, to be a politician in a lobbyocracy you have to be specially adept at NOT getting yourself hoodwinked by sockpuppets?
Review the smoking ban like you promised!
Friday, 21 September 2012
Knife sharpening for anti-Vapers
I sometimes network links I find to anti-tobacco research - but I can't see all the studies because you either have to pay - or join up!
Recently, I see there are tons of "papers" being published. I suppose Tobacco Control are gearing up for their big conference in November....
Here are some links I can't follow....
Recently, I see there are tons of "papers" being published. I suppose Tobacco Control are gearing up for their big conference in November....
Here are some links I can't follow....
Menthol Cigarettes and Mortality: Keeping Focus on the Public Health Standard
AC Villanti, GA Giovino, DM Burns, DB Abrams - Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2012
... exposure among individual users are only one line of evidence in the context of the public health
mandate of considering the population level harms versus benefits of banning ... Published by Oxford
University Press on behalf of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. ...
mandate of considering the population level harms versus benefits of banning ... Published by Oxford
University Press on behalf of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. ...
The Relative Risk to Health From Snus and Cigarettes: Response to Grimsrud et al.'s Commentary on “Perceptions of the Relative Harmfulness of Snus Among …
I Lund, J Scheffels - Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2012
... From a harm-reduction perspective, replacing cigarettes with less harmful nicotine products can
in some instances be encouraged. ... does not also arise from smoking and that a substitution of
smokeless tobacco (ST) for cigarettes would have the following public health benefits: ...
in some instances be encouraged. ... does not also arise from smoking and that a substitution of
smokeless tobacco (ST) for cigarettes would have the following public health benefits: ...
Impact of Smoking Exposure Change on Infant Birth Weight Among a Cohort of Women in a Prenatal Smoking Cessation Study
R Benjamin-Garner, A Stotts - Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2012
... However, there is limited information on the benefits of smoking reduction ... As a primary metabolite
of nicotine, cotinine serves as a direct measure of smoking consumption and has been used
in studies assessing the impact of smoking on fetal growth restriction (Lambers & Clark ...
of nicotine, cotinine serves as a direct measure of smoking consumption and has been used
in studies assessing the impact of smoking on fetal growth restriction (Lambers & Clark ...
Converging Research Needs Across Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Articles: Making Research Relevant to Global Tobacco Control Practice and Policy
SJ Leischow, O Ayo-Yusuf, CL Backinger - Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2012
... Nicotine & Tobacco Research . (2012). Harris JK,; Provan KG,; Johnson KJ,; Leischow SJ. (2012).
Drawbacks and benefits associated with inter- organizational collaboration along the
discovery–development– delivery continuum: A cancer research network case study ...
Remember:-
If it's about Tobacco - its about US!
Drawbacks and benefits associated with inter- organizational collaboration along the
discovery–development– delivery continuum: A cancer research network case study ...
Remember:-
If it's about Tobacco - its about US!
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Dog whistle, my foot!
I was walking home from the town yesterday, with my dog lead in my right hand and my PV in my semi paralysed left hand as I am wont to do. My left hand "clutches" well, no trouble holding anything in it - nothing will ever fall out! So I carry my PV there - it hides the annoying stroke position and people think I am carrying something instead of walking "funny". I met someone I hadn't seen for over a year.
He greeted me and then exclaimed "What a wonderful dog whistle!" indicating my PV . I was really taken back and it seemed soooo amusing!
He got an excellent lesson on vaping.
Dog whistle, my foot!
He greeted me and then exclaimed "What a wonderful dog whistle!" indicating my PV . I was really taken back and it seemed soooo amusing!
He got an excellent lesson on vaping.
Dog whistle, my foot!
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