No reason to breathe second-hand smoke at all

Houston Chronicle ^ | March 24, 2002 | CASEY C. LEONETTI

[THEUPMAN]

I say we go find this guy, tie him to a chair and have 10 smokers surround him, blowing smoke in his face.

That would be too good to him. I have a better idea....

Let's put him on I85(Atlanta, GA) traffic, no AC, windows down...suck on that...!!!

[Nov3]

I hate smelly people's nasty cigarette smoke also. Cigars don't bother me. But I look at the bright side. They are killing themselves. I just wish I didn't have to pay for it

(:^))

[Doc On The Bay]

Now, Now,! We Freepers Must control our urge to resort to Chinese Invective ("Yuck Foo") when a sad ignoramus is compelled to spew his/her ignorance here.

As we all have been shown, allergic reactions to tobacco are FAR less common than allergies to various other organic substances like mold spores, pollen, dust mites, animal dander, perfumes, detergents, cedar & pine smoke, various grasses, etc.

The "Type of reaction" recorded above is, of course, most often "Psychosomatic." Antihistamines SELDOM help these people; they respond best to Tranquilizers & Antidepressants & Psychotherapy. They NEED our sympathy----BUT, they are FAR TOO CRAZY to be directing "Public Policy" about ANYTHING!!

Doc

[scholar]

3) I have yet to see any documented scientific data to show smoke has been established as a cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers.

Just the point I was going to make--I used to work with cancer data and ther is no evidence that second hand smoke causes cancer.

[mfreddy]

The thing that annoys me the most is that our government continues to increase taxes and permit lawsuits when they are profiting off the sales. If smoking is such a danger then the government needs to outlaw tobacco. Bet they won't, because they won't do without the revenue.

[tbg681]

Me thinks this "guy" also sits down to take a leak.

"53,000 people are killed every year...blah, blah, blah".

Folks, now we're getting into Stalinist Big Lie territory (no surprise there).

Here's a question: What causes "society" more grief (and money)?

A 17 y/o who becomes a lifetime smoker (and probably a long life at that)?

...or...

A 17 y/o who starts engaging in a lifetime of "unprotected" homosexual anal intercourse (and probably a short life at that)?

Maybe we should start taxing and making criminals out of gay guys -- don't laugh.

BTW -- I don't smoke, but like any NORMAL person, I don't care if you do. ;-)

[jdontom]

Where is the frigging

BARF ALERT!!!

[maxwellp]

"Children in particular are susceptible to...".

It always stuns me when a jerk like this comes down on cigaret smoking and completely ignores drugs in elementary schools. I will never forget meeting a friend one day whose ten-year old boy was with her. I can't remember why we started talking about drugs in schools, but I do remember asking her "Are there drugs in Billy's school?" She turned to Billy and asked him the question I asked her, and Billy replied "Sure, they're all over the place" and he said it in such a matter-of-fact voice like we were asking if there were teachers in his school. And we don't live in an inner city ghetto.

I also remember this same discussion with an elementary school principal who is a friend. I asked her why something drastic wasn't being done about drugs being sold in schools and she was honest in her reply. "We are afraid to take it on".

So many wussy people come out big and brave about a legal substance, but they never come out fighting about a really dangerous substance that can destroy the lives of children - leading them into lives of addiction and death.

[Great Dane]

Mathmatics department, he cant add up simple numbers, pity his students-to be.

[Great Dane]

I say we go find this guy, tie him to a chair and have 10 smokers surround him, blowing smoke in his face.

Would be fun, wouldn't it, could we keep him in that situation for say... a week or two, or would that be kidnapping.

[Great Dane]

Good news, second hand smoke does not kill, don't worry, be happy.

[Dog Gone]

Non-smokers were successful in chasing smokers outside of buildings and then complain about seeing them there. You might think that they'd be grateful for that, but it never ends. Now, they want to make sure they never are in contact with an area where smokers have been.

These folks really need to smell some ordinary underarms in Europe.

[Darheel]

'All these illnesses bring high medical costs, too'

Breast cancer. Smoking causes it? No, because cancer is genetic(nature's way of telling environmentalists to get lost for good) Who pays? Us.

Aids. Who pays? Us. Why? Why should we? Where's the Aids tax?

[Alwayswatching]

You Rock! Glad you can see through the "smoke"!

[Orion78]

Hmmmmm. I fit the profile...wonder if they'd let me testify if I signed on.

I smoked a cigarette like 7 years ago in this bar in Pasadena. I brought the cigarette butt as evidence. How much do I get again?

[Polonius]

I'll light a cigar in his honor.

[adx]

Not only is the smell of cigarettes atrocious to nonsmokers, causing red eyes and sore throats

Assuming this is true (which I doubt), this means that natural selection is telling this person that they're unfit and should not breed.

[Max McGarrity]

I hate smelly people's nasty cigarette smoke also. Cigars don't bother me. But I look at the bright side. They are killing themselves. I just wish I didn't have to pay for it

You are perfectly within your rights to "hate" anything you like, but you shouldn't go around spreading lies or misconceptions. YOU don't pay for US; WE pay for YOU. If you don't believe it, look up the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service report of 1994, or search the archives of the New England Journal of Medicine, or ask Yale economist Dr. Kip Viscusi. Smokers pay into the system FAR MORE than they ever take out. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

[Max McGarrity]

or would that be kidnapping.

Of course not, Great Dane. Kidnapping only applies to humans. With sheep, I think the proper term would be "rustling."