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NO! smoking cigarettes isn't good for you. it destroys your lungs and give you lung disease. it makes your nails and teeth go yellow and horrible.

I would recommend not to smoke!

The above answer seems very childish and it frankly reads as a knee-jerk, brain-washed reactive answer to a serious question. Here is some sane advice from a physician who once smoked and loved it, but quit several years ago after I found it became progressively harder to run my daily two miles in the morning:

For the most part, smoking is not good for your health. There are a few medical conditions which are postponed or alleviated by smoking (alzheimers disease, certain stomach dissorders, etc.. Even stress, a very serious silent killer, has been reported to be alleviated by smoking) and by the ingestion of nicotine. Yet the negative effects are greater than the few "good" things smoking can do for you. Even smoking a few cigarettes a week can cause ill effects. Smoking MAY destroy your lungs and it MAY give you emphysema, etc. You may also die from lung cancer, but not all smokers do. In fact, studies are showing that one in three people who are diagnosed as having lung cancer claim to have never smoked cigarettes. Yes, it also MAY make your nails an teeth "go yellow and horrible."

Smoking in general is quite bad for your overall health and if you don't smoke now...don't start. Many bad things will begin to happen if you start smoking. Among them are that you will lose lung capacity, not feel your best, and statistically you wil likely die 5-10 years before your time.

However...I find it appalling that the anti smoking lobby has demonized a whole set of people just because they partake in something that gives them pleasure and is far less life-threatening as alcohol or other drugs of which up to 25% of the population are addicted. Why don't you ever hear, "It seems the woman had one too many cigarettes before getting behind the wheel of her car and killing the innocent pedestrian" on the evening news? Smoking does not affect anyone but the user. Second hand smoke may smell bad, but the largest study of it's kind concluded that second hand smoke does not produce harmful effects in those who are casually subjected to it for short periods of time.

Now please don't take this the wrong way, because smoking will not make you better looking. However, many "beautiful" people who do not have "yellow teeth" or "yellow nails" smoke cigarettes: Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elizabeth Hurley (stopped while pregnant), Kate Bosworth, Gwen Stefani, Gisele Bundchen, Sarah Michelle Geller, Scarlette Johannson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Cameron Diaz, Whoopie Goldberg (ok...that's pushing the "beautiful" a bit far), Catherine Zeta Jones, LIsa Kudrow, Denise Richards, Darell Hannah, Natalie Portman, Charolette Church (yes, the singer), Penelope Cruz, Allisa Milano, Nicole Kidman...the list goes on and on. These people have smoked for years, some for decades, and continue to be photographed smoking in public and it really doesn't seem to affect them all too much in terms of "beauty." But the anti-smoking fascists, I mean lobbyists, want you to believe that smoking will make you ugly, when, ironically, the ugliest people I've ever encountered were adamant anti-smoking lobbyists.

The bottom line: Don't smoke. If you smoke, please consider quitting as it will most likely lead to health benefits. If you do smoke and enjoy it, go ahead and enjoy yourself; when you feel like it is negatively affecting your health, consider stopping. If you are someone who thinks smoking is the worst thing imaginable and you do your best to make those who DO smoke feel bad about themselves...get a life, stop making other people feel bad about themselves and begin to work on your own faults. It's a lot easier to take the splinter out of someone else's eye after you take the log out of your own.

Cigarette smoking is responsible for an estimated 443,000 deaths annually nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control reports the number of tobacco related deaths in the US is greater than all HIV/AIDS, illegal drug

use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides and murders combined.[i] So what is stopping these deadly and addictive products from becoming illegal?

To put the number of tobacco related deaths in perspective, the CDC credits the notorious H1N1virus with a mere 3,900 deaths since the flu first appeared in the spring [ii] - a fraction of the number of deaths caused by cigarette smoking. Yet even as the government spent billions preparing for pandemic outbreaks such as H1N1, the domestic tobacco industry spent $75 billion between 2000 and 2005 on advertising and promotion.[iii] Despite killing almost half a million customers annually, the tobacco industry is so profitable that it can spend more than a billion dollars a month attracting new business.

While cigarette manufactures sicken the public, the stratospheric rise in healthcare costs is forcing states to cut crucial programs. There is a national panic over how to fund medical care for the oncoming tsunami of aging baby boomers. We can scarcely manage treating our already ailing public, let alone millions more who will need serious medical care because of years of cigarette smoking.

It seems like common sense that we make cigarettes illegal, but banning tobacco products is both politically and economically unfeasible for a number of reasons.

Tobacco is so deeply entrenched in our culture that efforts to restrict its use are viewed by much of the smoking public as assaults on personal freedom. Many argue that smoking cigarettes is a choice, despite the medical reality that cigarettes are more addictive than many illegal hard line drugs. Choice or not, once you start smoking, it is hard to stop.

Tobacco is a multi-billion dollar industry that employs tens of thousands of people at a time when unemployment is at 10%. Tobacco companies pay millions in taxes on revenue they earn, and they are top contributors to

political campaign funds. Making cigarettes illegal would be a political impossibility, since on the surface it would appear that the action would both raise unemployment and reduce tobacco tax revenues.

Even if cigarettes were illegal, we must look to our country's most famous attempt at banning a popular substance - the prohibition of alcohol - to imagine what effects a smoking ban might have. A thriving black market in cigarettes would rejuvenate organized crime rings that have been weakened in recent decades. Money that could be collected as tax on cigarette sales will instead line the pockets of criminals. In addition, our overcrowded and underfunded legal system can't possibly expand to absorb a new genera of illegal substance. We can't bear the cost of trying and jailing marijuana users, let alone cigarette smokers and smugglers.

Simply stated, the US can't afford to make cigarettes illegal. We can't afford to lose the tobacco industry, or to enforce a ban. So while our nation works to restructure its healthcare system, big tobacco will keep marketing to future patients. As for rising health care costs? The consumer will pay for it, that is if he has any money left after buying those cartons of cigarettes.

There’s really only one way to fold a fitted sheet without succumbing to the frustration that usually accompanies the task.

The elastic bands do present an issue, see, and most of us end up shoving unfolded linens into our closets. That wastes space, and it’s completely unnecessary—folding a fitted sheet is fairly simple, once you’ve mastered the technique.

1. Start by holding the sheet lengthwise by the top two corners (the short side of the sheet will hang down). Keep the right side (the one that faces up when you put it on the bed) toward your body, but make the corners inside out, so your hands are inside the corners.
2. Bring those top two corners together. Fold one corner over the other, pulling it so that its elastic fitting covers the other’s.
3. From the second corner, slide down the edge of the sheet to the next corner. Pick it up and tuck it into the second corner, bringing the elastic over the new corner, like with the first two.
4. Slide down again to the final corner. Bring it up and tuck it in behind the other three corners.
5. Lay the sheet on a table. Keep the corners facing up, and be sure to smooth out any wrinkles as you work to keep your linens as flat as possible. Fold the sheet vertically in thirds. Fold in from one side, then the other side (so, while you’re folding in thirds, you’re only performing two actual folds).
6. Fold the sheet horizontally in thirds using the same process. For larger sheets, you might decide to fold in fourths. By this point, the sheet should be relatively flat, and the elastic should be completely within the folded linen. If the elastic is still exposed, you may have to shake the sheet out and start over.

Folding a fitted sheet isn’t actually difficult, but it requires some precision and attention to detail. Practice a few times, and you’ll get the process down.

To see this in action, here’s a helpful video from Living On A Dime.

You use Tide on the GO, It works well

There are four basic ways that you can remove tea stains from your clothes. You can use any of these solutions that you have readily on your hand at the time of accident. Make sure to treat the tea stains immediately for the best result. Remember to confirm that the type of your clothes will not be damaged by the solution that you use.

1) Commercial Stain Removers:

You can have a good cleaning solution from any brand of commercial stain removers, if they are available when you need them. Make sure to use them correctly. Therefore you have to follow the information and instructions of the products provided.

Apply directly the stain remover on the stained area. Let it sit for at least ten minutes. Then apply bleach free liquid detergent on the stained area and rub in with your fingers or a scrub brush.

Wash the clothes with the hot water. Use the highest temperature as possible for the type of fabric that you are treating. Let the clothes air-dry.

2) White vinegar:

White vinegar is an effective solution to remove tea stains especially on colored clothes. It will loosen the stains and bring them out. Simply make a mixture of one teaspoon of vinegar with one quart of water. Spray this mixture straight to the tea stains and let it sit for about ten minutes. Then blot it up and rinse the clothes thoroughly. Lastly wash the clothes as usual and air-dry.

3) Baking Soda:

Baking soda is really good to get rid of tea stains. Wet a terry cloth that with warm water. Then sprinkle a teaspoon of baking soda on to it. Rub it onto the stained area until the stains disappeared. Lastly wash the clothes as usual and air-dry.

4. Cream of tartar

Cream of tartar is also good to remove tea stains. Mix well combination of 1 teaspoonful cream of tartar, 2 crushed white aspirin and a cup warm water to make paste. Rub the paste to the stained area using a toothbrush. Let the paste sit for 30 minutes. Then rinse to remove the paste with warm water. Wash the clothes as usual and air-dry.

Finally you will notice the tea stains in your clothes gone. Never use any bleach stain removers on colored clothes or those that warn against it. These recommended solutions will work very well for you with clothing and other fabrics. Now you know how to remove tea stains from clothes. The tea stains not the end your clothing!