AFL players who smoke

[Paul Kersey]

96 or 99. Archer has parked his car and is walking to the ground with one lit. Thinks, **** the media will go mental if they see this, so takes a big puff before flicking it. Classic story.

 

[EagleShore]

Smokers should wear a space helmet when they light up in public so we don't have to breathe their muck!

But people driving four-wheel drives on suburban roads is okay? I am not going to defend a silly habit which only around 16% of the adult population engage in, but when you really consider it, the anti-smoking agenda has gone too far. You are not even allowed to grow your own "cleaner" tobacco lest we put a dent in the tax the government happily collects.

If only all the smokers in the country got organised en masse to quit at once, the economy would collapse and THAT would be ****ing hilarious! The red faced government would be so stuck for words I'd be beside myself.

Having said all that, I truly cannot believe that there are modern footy players who still smoke, especially during the season. Gotta take their fitness down a few pegs you'd think.

 

[EagleShore]

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...-tobacco-excise-increase-20141001-10omze.html

Yeah that was good. The problem with the "tax vs health expenditure" assessment in many cases is that people quote expenditure on all IHD/cancer etc. not just the proportion of which is directly caused by smoking.

Besides, there are many other toxic substances out there which we DO NOT have up to date information on...well, if we DO have that information it is not promoted. Eg. the endemic vegetable oils such as canola oil (which is in almost EVERY pre-packaged "food" product in the supermarkets) oxidise the LDL in our blood and cause intimal injury (same mechanism of action as cigarette smoke causing damage to blood vessel walls, leading to plaque formation and heart disease), but even today mainstream doctors don't know this (and if they're told most of them deny it because the erroneous anti-saturated fat propaganda of the 80's/90's was so powerful).

Sometimes, having too much correct information is bloody frustrating.

 

[captain cotch 9]

Who really cares?
If a player is dumb enough to smoke good luck to them.
I'm sure there are plenty of players that are social smokers. So players that only smoke while they are out/drinking.
If it helps some let there hair down does it really matter?
It's not illegal.

 

[Frankmagpie]

Have fun cleaning my spit off your face and my piss from your shoes

Have fun when your arrested for assault for spitting on him ow and how's your jaw aswell called self defence

 

[Sherrinator]

ive heard that a few times that he does, the more suprising part is that he is one of the fittest players & hardest runners at the club

I played senior soccer as an 18 year old and smoked provably a pack a day. Was easily the fittest and the fastest on the team.

 

[TyHawk]

I don't blame you. I'd be annoyed too if I found out a Hawk player was smoking regularly (or even at all). It's that detrimental to your aerobic ability that it would be infuriating to know that any player could be that much better if they simply didn't do it. Imagine we found out Buddy secretly had been smoking for his entire career. Yeah he's an athletic freak and is probably aerobically superior to most KPF in the history of the game - but that he could've been even better but wasn't just because of that.

Three Normies, a captaincy, 8 premierships , 5 AA's between the two Hawks players I need not To name.

 

[dickballsack]

anybody who is under 30 and smokes (footy player or not) is an idiot!
there is enough info around about what it does
older people didn't have the same info.
my 2 cents worth

I take it you don't drink then? Based on he info that's around now...

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Paul Vander Haar.

Been smoking since his playing days.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

Boys who vape <3

 

[PP34]

Tom Bell

 

[Kappa]

A huge amount would socially smoke

The average AFL footballer is dumber than you think.

The amount who do party drugs is simply ridiculous, so why not ciggies too?

 

[ManOfClay]

Shannon knoll?

Nollsy would punch darts and stubbies like nobody's business. The true original Aussie idol winner

 

[jaxx]

Darryl Wakelin didn't mind the odd cancer stick.

 

[yyou]

I take it you don't drink then? Based on he info that's around now...

I'm not under 30
It's not even close

 

[DennisMarshall]

I stand next to people you at traffic lights, and blow smoke in their face for shit, and giggles.

Can you ask someone to translate this to English for you please?

 

[Bunk Moreland]

What's the go with Stanton? Everybody says he smashes darts... Surely can't be true? He's essendons best runner!

Exaggerated like most rumours. No doubt he's had a few darts on mad Mondays and end of season trips like most people but it's not even a semi regular thing.

He's one of the best distance runners in the league and still slaughters everyone in time trials every pre season.

It's a good story because it's so at odds with his fitness, hence it gets repeated a lot and blown out of proportion.

 

[Infra Ted]

Am I the only one who hasn't heard the term "dart" before reading this thread?

 

[Severe]

Am I the only one who hasn't heard the term "dart" before reading this thread?

Yes.

 

[SuperSteele22]

Yes.

Mark Robinson on Harley Bennell trying to fight him at the 2014 Brownlow:

“I’m out on the balcony having a dart and talking with Jonathan Brown and he (Bennell) came up and had a crack.”

 

[Infra Ted]

Yes.

Perhaps it's a Victoria thing.

 

[Simple_guy]

Im suprised jake carlises name hasnt come up yet, he loves to dart after a sesh at tramp

 

[MightyDons4]

Im suprised jake carlises name hasnt come up yet, he loves to dart after a sesh at tramp

Him and Bellchambers inhale more tobacco than air.

 

[Jaeger]

Im suprised jake carlises name hasnt come up yet, he loves to dart after a sesh at tramp

Him and Bellchambers inhale more tobacco than air.

+ Melksham

 

[Big_Birdy]

+ Melksham

Those Essendon players will put anything into their bodies....