Smoking vs Drinking

[Max Paper]

Was having this conversation with my sister in law last night, she smokes and I drink. We were trying to work out which would kill you first! For arguments sake lets call it 10 fags a day or a bottle of wine a day, what do you lot reckon?

 

[Deanbha]

I would say a bottle of wine a day is surely worse than 10 cigs a day.

 

[00snook]

Think there are a hell of a lot of other factors to consider. Exercise level, diet etc.

On their own tho I would say the fags are worse than the booze.

 

[albion534]

I'd say fags to be honest, just for the yellow teeth, dodgy nails, smell....

 

[Stat Brother]

It all depends if you drive after the wine, or nod off in your armchair during the 10th fag.

 

[Muzzy]

I wouldn't say that a bottle of vino would do that much damage so I voted for smoking... I'm no expert though

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Fall asleep on the sofa with a bottle of wine & you might get a stained carpet. Fall asleep with a fag & you might burn the house down.

 

[The Modfather]

Fags

 

[The Brighton Bear]

I am doing both. I will let you know how I get on.

 

[Max Paper]

I am doing both. I will let you know how I get on.

quality

 

[vegster]

Both are bad but smoking is more liable to trigger something nasty first. I reckon you could drink maybe a pint a day or a glass of wine a day for life and still be better off than having 10 fags a day.

 

[surrey jim]

Depends on the type of fags. 10 benson gold would be much worse than say 10
Silk cut. To be fair either option doesn't sound like the recipe for a long and healthy life!

 

[Bigbelly]

Where's the option for both?

 

[The Optimist]

A bottle of wine a day, especially red, is more likely to extend your life than reduce it. Lots of health benefits in moderation.

A bottle a day is surely way too much to be hoping the benefits outweigh the negatives. A small glass of wine a day is probably fine.

 

[Woodchip]

Fags

Homophobe!!

 

[kevtherev]

To be fair 10 fags a day is not many really, although a whole bottle of wine everyday is quite a serious drink problem. Compared to a bottle of wine every other day, which is not so bad...I've smoked 20ish a day for 25odd years and im really starting to suffer with my fitness, even though I work outdoors full time. By the time I get to the WSU im almost dead and it takes me 10 mins to recover....So I'Ve decided it's time to try and pack it up, starting today and so far, i'm doing ok. But then it's normally when i'm drinking that I smoke the most...I can see some tough times ahead.

 

[The Modfather]

Homophobe!!

 

[beorhthelm]

on the quantities suggested, the bottle of wine is worse for your health in general. but neither is likly to kill you directly, you'll most probably die of something else.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Wine has been drunk since pre-history. Similarly beer was drunk by all in the dark ages as the water was rank. Smoking is a relatively new way to poison yourself

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Fall asleep on the sofa with a bottle of wine & you might get a stained carpet. Fall asleep with a fag & you might burn the house down.

Fall asleep in your car because you have drunk a bottle of wine and you might end up as a stain on the Patcham flyover along with whoever else happens to be bumbling along at the time.

Medically speaking the fags would do you less harm. 10 fags is well within the tolerance for fumes we have evolved after a few million years sitting around in smoky caves etc. alcohol is a (relatively) recent evolutionary spanner in our works.