Fundermentals and smoking

[Crisspy Fiver]

OK so you cant do a fundermentals course if you smoke, but what about ex smokers are they allowed to do the course?

Jamie

[And]

<font color='#0000FF'>Yes

[Crisspy Fiver]

Thats good, whats the reason smokers are not allowed? and if you are but say your not how would they find out? assuming they dont catch you haveing a sly one.

I think im going to try and do this course and im an ex smoker

Jamie

[And]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Crisspy Fiver @ Oct. 16 2003,17:20)]Thats good, whats the reason smokers are not allowed? and if you are but say your not how would they find out?

<font color='#0000FF'>Hi

Because smoking and diving don't really mix, as your lungs are very important for diving and you destroy them when you smoke.

If you wanted to lie I guess they wouldn't know but who are you kidding?

I believe there are still places on the Capernwray DIRF in a few weeks. Ring Adam at Capernwray.

Andy

[Barnacle Bill]

[quote]

Smoking and diving do not mix, there are a lot of people out there who have never smoked and got bent and I am a smoker, dived with them on the same dive same profile and they got it not me - discuss

BB

[And]

<font color='#0000FF'>Hi

For every rule there is no doubt an exception especially if one looks hard enough.

However, here is some info on smoking and diving. Not being a doctor it would be unwise for me to comment other than saying that I am able to read and the messages on the packets are enough to persuade me that smoking, generally is not the cleverest thing to do to your body.

http://www.scuba-doc.com/smkndvng.htm

http://www.subaqua.co.uk/reference/s...d-diving.shtml

http://www.divepics.com/smoking.htm

http://divermag.com/archives/mar99/d...tor_mar99.html

Andy

[Ben Harris]

<font color='#8D38C9'>smoking reduces your chances of suffering DCS???
new one, anyway.

There are a lot of myths about smoking and diving, all from smokers, such as better sac, etc.


Bollocks

All smoking ever does to you is f**k u up, diver or not.

Pretty sure smoking b4 or after breathing comp. air let alone trimix is gotta be v. bad for your lungs.

Doesnt mean your a good or bad diver tho. Personal choice and personal health choices and all that

[jasondrake]

Childish I know, but I've always had the urge to spark up in a deco habitat just to see the reaction. (not the explosive, oxygen reaction I mean, the one just before that)

[JohnK]

I guess I must be another exception to the rule - I smoke 20 a day, 250 dives, never had DCS/I and have a SAC of around 20. Im not proud of the fact, nor am I going to hide it away.

I would respect the DIR rules and opinions but I expect them also to respect my personal choices (and yes have an opinion)

[jasondrake]

There's no doubt that smoking (and I'm a smoking diver) reduces your lung function. Which affects your fitness etc etc. So that's a fair reason for dir folks to ban smokers. But woudn't a general test of aerobic fitness serve as a better entry requirement? I may smoke, but can run 20 miles or do a 2 hour working dive. Could a fat/old/unfit person? Perhaps it's the specific impact on gas exchange and thus on decompression and gas consumption thats the issue? In which case the fat/old/unfit person may still be at a greater disadvantage than me. Or perhaps it's that smoking is a deliberately inflicted reduction in fitness to dive, and thus implies a poor mental attitude? Ditto the fat/unfit person?