Proof that smoking does kill !!

**DeeJay** · 29th December 2008, 06:02 PM

Sick smoker blows up his oxygen tank

December 29, 2008 - 4:51PM

A chronic smoker who uses a ventilator to breathe blew himself up when he lit a cigarette while still attached to his oxygen tank.
The explosion happened as the 75-year-old man lit up in his home while attached to an oxygen tank that had plastic tubes running to his nose because of lung disease caused by his smoking habit.
A doctor quoted by today's South China Morning Post newspaper says the man knew he should not smoke while attached to his ventilator, but apparently craved a cigarette so badly he took the risk.
AAP

**p38arover** · 29th December 2008, 06:03 PM

Did he die? (I saw the thread title.)

**Slunnie** · 29th December 2008, 06:04 PM

He wont do that again.

The ventilator should have gone to somebody more deserving.

**DeeJay** · 29th December 2008, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by p38arover

Did he die? (I saw the thread title.)

OK, After looking around I found a more complete report----

Smoker on oxygen blows himself up lighting cigarette

Article from:

December 29, 2008 12:00am

A CHRONIC smoker who has to use a ventilator to breathe is seriously ill in hospital after blowing himself up by having a cigarette while using his oxygen tank.
The explosion happened as the 75-year-old man lit up in his Hong Kong home while attached to an oxygen tank - that had tubes running to his nose- needed because of his smoking-related lung disease.
Paramedics were called to his home in Hong Kong's Tai Po district after the explosion on Sunday and took him to hospital.
His face was heavily bandaged.

Now I have to change the headline, darn Age reporting

**Debacle** · 29th December 2008, 06:15 PM

It does happen a fair bit for people with COPD's. They are quite often in the situation of having to use an electric wheelchair to get around as well as being on oxygen just to breathe and it just doesnt get through to them to give up the thing which got them into that situation

**discomuzz** · 29th December 2008, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by jbarracl

It does happen a fair bit for people with COPD's. They are quite often in the situation of having to use an electric wheelchair to get around as well as being on oxygen just to breathe and it just doesnt get through to them to give up the thing which got them into that situation

Why would you bother?

**Outlaw** · 29th December 2008, 08:27 PM

this may be in poor taste... however

**moose** · 29th December 2008, 08:46 PM

I'd love to know what else was involved in the explosion, as far as I know (and please correct me if I'm wrong) oxygen supports rapid combustion but is not explosive in itself.

**hoadie72** · 29th December 2008, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by moose

I'd love to know what else was involved in the explosion, as far as I know (and please correct me if I'm wrong) oxygen supports rapid combustion but is not explosive in itself.

Exactly. His cigarette would've burnt damn fast so perhaps something else, like his clothes caught alight?

**Shonky** · 29th December 2008, 09:07 PM

Great.

A chronic smoker who decides to blow smoke in the face (pun intended) of the taxpayer funded medical services keeping him alive by exercising his right to exaserbate his problems by smoking.

Now what is left of him will require more medical intervention at everyone elses cost.

It should be a choice. Breathe O2 from a tank and live, or demonstrate your apathy by continuing to smoke and go without the ventilator and as such, your life.

People like this **** me off. Help yourselves FFS - The money spent keeping your ignorant **** alive could be spent on people with problems they didn't, and do not continue to inflict on themselves.

/end rant.

FYI - I have no issue with others choosing to smoke (away from me, anyone else, and their kids...) but if your life isn't worth enough for you to stop when you are being manually pumped full of Oxygen, then your life isn't worth my taxes.

//end other rant.

grr.

(PS - at least he is not in AU and hence not wasting my $)

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