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Study: Smoking ban cuts heart attacks
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Thank God Florida is banning smoking in restaurants!
My dad is at 'prime heart-attack age' and I do not want him to have one. He has high blood pressure and a stressful job.. Last thing he needs is a bunch of smoke in his face.
If you smoke, then smoke in your own box. I shouldn't ever have to breathe that 'non air'. I'm sick of having to pry my contacts off my eyes and throw them away before the two weeks because the smoke in the air has dried them out. Smoking affects everyone and there is no otherwise. If you smoke, you're hurting other people unless you do it in isolation.
My dad is at 'prime heart-attack age' and I do not want him to have one. He has high blood pressure and a stressful job.. Last thing he needs is a bunch of smoke in his face.
If you smoke, then smoke in your own box. I shouldn't ever have to breathe that 'non air'. I'm sick of having to pry my contacts off my eyes and throw them away before the two weeks because the smoke in the air has dried them out. Smoking affects everyone and there is no otherwise. If you smoke, you're hurting other people unless you do it in isolation.
Last I checked, the residents of Florida VOTED for it to be banned. It's not like some politician with an axe to grind pushed it through. The people of the state voiced their opinion, and the majority won.
At least that is how I interpreted how the banning came to be in Florida.
the difference between cigarettes and all other products mentioned is this, cigarettes remain the only product on the market that if used in the manner intended will kill you.
The tobacco companies dumped billions into politicians laps to keep control out of the FDA's hand, "natural product", our gov (US) took the money and looked the other way. Now that they are being held liable, who gets the payoff? The citizens damaged by the product? Nope the govt.....
Just BAN them completely... and BTW I am a smoker and would love to see this happen.
The tobacco companies dumped billions into politicians laps to keep control out of the FDA's hand, "natural product", our gov (US) took the money and looked the other way. Now that they are being held liable, who gets the payoff? The citizens damaged by the product? Nope the govt.....
Just BAN them completely... and BTW I am a smoker and would love to see this happen.
sandmanwake
Golden Member
Last I checked there were no busses or grills standing around the front entrances of public buildings and workplaces creating a cloud of death that nonsmokers must be forced to walk through if they want to get into the building. If I'm in my car and a bus is creating too much smoke, I can roll up my windows to prevent myself from breathing in that smoke and I also don't stand around breathing in smoke from a barbeque all the time. And forget the fact that we're exposed to people's cigarette smokes all the time, but not everyone lugs around a barbeque as they're walking causing other people to inhale their smoke.
I have no problem with people smoking--it's their right to kill themselves, but I shouldn't be forced to breath in their habit either. Smoke away from other people.
I have no problem with people smoking--it's their right to kill themselves, but I shouldn't be forced to breath in their habit either. Smoke away from other people.
thats one apsect of the anti-smoking crusade Idon't understand, if you want fresh air, YOU go outside.... far easier to fliter smoke in a building....
the bogus science detailing the effects of second hand smoke have been debunked thoroughly BTW, especially the contention it is even more harmfull than smoking.
the bogus science detailing the effects of second hand smoke have been debunked thoroughly BTW, especially the contention it is even more harmfull than smoking.
From the article:
There is no data presented, it does not state who was polled, when they were polled, or how they were polled.
Anyone can fake stats to support a particular point of view.
There is no data presented, it does not state who was polled, when they were polled, or how they were polled.
Anyone can fake stats to support a particular point of view.
LadyJessica
Senior member
Oh really? Any citations? Here's something from the journal Chest, September 2002:
the difference between cigarettes and all other products mentioned is this, cigarettes remain the only product on the market that if used in the manner intended will kill you.
The tobacco companies dumped billions into politicians laps to keep control out of the FDA's hand, "natural product", our gov (US) took the money and looked the other way. Now that they are being held liable, who gets the payoff? The citizens damaged by the product? Nope the govt.....
Just BAN them completely... and BTW I am a smoker and would love to see this happen
Originally posted by: Czar
so I can take a skunk to work and have him spray everything and if people dont like it then they cant just go outside.. cool theory
no the theory that you need to protect the fresh air, then herd the smokers where the fresh air lives is rather ironic, that was my point.
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