Just read a story today where a teacher in Malaysia caught a student with a cigarette and lighter in his locker. For punishment, made the student smoke 42 cigarettes in 4 hours.
I don't know how cigarettes are packaged there, but here, that is 2 packs plus 2 extra cigarettes. (20 cigarettes in a pack)
I started smoking when I was somewhere around 11 years old and just quit at 50. After smoking all those years, hell, I couldn't come close to smoking 42 in 4 hours! That kid would have to be sick as a dog before even half way.
Said the school apologized after a police report was filed. Didn't say what they have done about this teacher.
But it gets worse. In 2007, the teacher made 140 teenage girls squat in a pond. That punishment was for clogging toilets.
Just makes you wonder how crackpots like that get teacher jobs. I am not so sure I would went the route of filing a police report. Been my kid, I pretty well think I would have made it so this teacher would never ever think about working around kids again.
Showing posts with label Cigarettes. Show all posts
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8/6/09
4/29/09
16 Days And Still Kicking...
Ohhh yeah, and Wanda is still living and staying safe. lol
I quit 16 days ago today after smoking for about 37 years. Some of you have asked how I'm doing on quitting smoking and sorry that I haven't got back to answering it. I get caught up in other things and time seems to slip by. So getting it done now. Only one problem to quitting smoking for me, I didn’t want to quit and part of me still don’t want to quit, but, I will not pay the prices of cigarettes today.
I’ve never the whole time I've smoked ever tried to quit and pretty much know by not wanting to quit, there is no way I can do it cold turkey so I’m using the Nicoderm patches. And reading a website called QUITNET. A great site with a lot of help. The website is a program through my insurance company to help people quit smoking along with other addictions that some people have. Plus I have someone that calls me from time to time to see how I'm doing or answer any questions that may come up, and I'm also able to call the person if I hit a hard place and need help getting through it. But so far all is good. Maybe to good! Not one craving for a smoke in 16 days but I have had a few times that I just wanted one. Specially after a meal. Which tells me it was/is only a habit each time. And when I do want one, I grab a lifesaver candy.
Sure, there's been some up and down times where I just feel like crap. I'm sure there's more times to come. Times when I don't want anyone near me or mess with me, but they don't last to very long. I've starting yesterday and so far today feeling ok as I did before I quit. Hoping I stay like this the rest of the way. The want for a smoke seems to be getting less now. That is until I get worked up or feel pushed about something.
So all is going real good and like I said, maybe going to good. Can't help but wonder what and when is something going to break loose from hell and hit me hard because it's going all to smooth.
Anyway, taking it day by day, sometimes minute by minute and waiting until I am totally smoke free. :-)
I quit 16 days ago today after smoking for about 37 years. Some of you have asked how I'm doing on quitting smoking and sorry that I haven't got back to answering it. I get caught up in other things and time seems to slip by. So getting it done now. Only one problem to quitting smoking for me, I didn’t want to quit and part of me still don’t want to quit, but, I will not pay the prices of cigarettes today.
I’ve never the whole time I've smoked ever tried to quit and pretty much know by not wanting to quit, there is no way I can do it cold turkey so I’m using the Nicoderm patches. And reading a website called QUITNET. A great site with a lot of help. The website is a program through my insurance company to help people quit smoking along with other addictions that some people have. Plus I have someone that calls me from time to time to see how I'm doing or answer any questions that may come up, and I'm also able to call the person if I hit a hard place and need help getting through it. But so far all is good. Maybe to good! Not one craving for a smoke in 16 days but I have had a few times that I just wanted one. Specially after a meal. Which tells me it was/is only a habit each time. And when I do want one, I grab a lifesaver candy.
Sure, there's been some up and down times where I just feel like crap. I'm sure there's more times to come. Times when I don't want anyone near me or mess with me, but they don't last to very long. I've starting yesterday and so far today feeling ok as I did before I quit. Hoping I stay like this the rest of the way. The want for a smoke seems to be getting less now. That is until I get worked up or feel pushed about something.
So all is going real good and like I said, maybe going to good. Can't help but wonder what and when is something going to break loose from hell and hit me hard because it's going all to smooth.
Anyway, taking it day by day, sometimes minute by minute and waiting until I am totally smoke free. :-)
4/15/09
Cigarette Tax Increase, More Smokers to Quit
The 62-cent-per-pack federal tax increase on cigarettes -- earmarked to fund the expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- has resulted in a surge in smokers looking for help to quit, the Washington Post reported April 3.
In recent weeks, tobacco "quit lines" nationwide have registered an increase in calls. A national telephone number, 1-800-QUITNOW, registered 203,374 calls in March, more than twice February's 91,316; in January, it received 76,685 calls. In Washington, D.C., the quit line got a record 131 calls the day before the tax went into effect; the same day a week earlier, it had 44 calls; a month earlier, 19.
"I'm in shock, quite frankly," said Debra Annand, director of health education services for the American Lung Association's District of Columbia office. "Obviously something happened to drive that call volume up."
At the association's office the shock over the price increase is evident, said counselor Robert Wright. The number of people seeking help in the past was three or four people each month -- now, that many inquire each day. "I just got a young guy who said he was told a pack cost $8, and he said, 'No way!'" Wright said.
Rhode Island now has nation's highest cigarette tax.
The nation's smallest state now has the highest tax on cigarettes in the U.S., levying $3.46 cents in taxes on every pack sold, the Providence Journal reported April 9.
A $1-per-pack increase in the state cigarette tax went into effect last week, on top of a hike in the federal tobacco tax from 39 cents per pack to $1.01 per pack that was implemented on April 1. Combined, the taxes are expected to drive the price of a premium-brand pack of cigarettes up from about $6.50 to about $8.35.
The state's Republican governor, Don Carcieri, proposed the tax increase as part of his plan to close a $357-million budget deficit, and the Democrat-controlled legislature approved the increase. The state also raised the tax on smokeless tobacco, snuff and pipe tobacco from 40 percent of the wholesale price to 80 percent.
Despite the tax increase, Rhode Island doesn't necessarily have the country's highest cigarette prices, since some other states impose a minimum price markup in addition to taxes.
Our Government driving these prices up on cigarettes, hitting people in the pockets, and yet lots of jobs are gone now, what is our great all mighty government going to say when many people are cut out of jobs when cigarette companys sales come to a big slow down. This is just one more way the government can push us around and shows how much they care about people making a living.
In recent weeks, tobacco "quit lines" nationwide have registered an increase in calls. A national telephone number, 1-800-QUITNOW, registered 203,374 calls in March, more than twice February's 91,316; in January, it received 76,685 calls. In Washington, D.C., the quit line got a record 131 calls the day before the tax went into effect; the same day a week earlier, it had 44 calls; a month earlier, 19.
"I'm in shock, quite frankly," said Debra Annand, director of health education services for the American Lung Association's District of Columbia office. "Obviously something happened to drive that call volume up."
At the association's office the shock over the price increase is evident, said counselor Robert Wright. The number of people seeking help in the past was three or four people each month -- now, that many inquire each day. "I just got a young guy who said he was told a pack cost $8, and he said, 'No way!'" Wright said.
Rhode Island now has nation's highest cigarette tax.
The nation's smallest state now has the highest tax on cigarettes in the U.S., levying $3.46 cents in taxes on every pack sold, the Providence Journal reported April 9.
A $1-per-pack increase in the state cigarette tax went into effect last week, on top of a hike in the federal tobacco tax from 39 cents per pack to $1.01 per pack that was implemented on April 1. Combined, the taxes are expected to drive the price of a premium-brand pack of cigarettes up from about $6.50 to about $8.35.
The state's Republican governor, Don Carcieri, proposed the tax increase as part of his plan to close a $357-million budget deficit, and the Democrat-controlled legislature approved the increase. The state also raised the tax on smokeless tobacco, snuff and pipe tobacco from 40 percent of the wholesale price to 80 percent.
Despite the tax increase, Rhode Island doesn't necessarily have the country's highest cigarette prices, since some other states impose a minimum price markup in addition to taxes.
Our Government driving these prices up on cigarettes, hitting people in the pockets, and yet lots of jobs are gone now, what is our great all mighty government going to say when many people are cut out of jobs when cigarette companys sales come to a big slow down. This is just one more way the government can push us around and shows how much they care about people making a living.
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