MS: Smoking at Home Threatens Children Despite Support for Public Bans

United Pro Smoker's Newsletter ^ | April 29, 2006

[3catsanadog]

As long as you keep your windows up - don't want the driver in the car behind you to catch lung cancer from your second hand smoke now do you?

[WKB]

Mississippi "State" ping

[WKB]

Mississippi "State" ping

[humblegunner]

When are you folks going to stop and realize the definition of insanity and learn that you need to change your approach on this issue and face the reality head on?

Odd, we're not the ones using junk science and emotionalism.

[3catsanadog]

In Pennsylvania, when kids bring home their report cards, they also bring home their weight. Schools have to weigh them and if they are overweight their parents get a cautionary letter.

I give it about 3-4 years before children who are overweight are taken from their parents arms by child protective services because their parents have been accused of abuse in allowing their children not to be healthy.

[freepatriot32]

pings

[3catsanadog]

They'll be after the overweight next. However, it looks like the obese are tweaking public sympathy by claiming it is genetic, or something beyond their control.

It's OK for our health system to go broke paying for illegals but God help the soul who smokes. Secretly, I hope 90 percent of the illegals smoke and tell the do-gooders to go f*** themselves after the dogooders welcome them into the fold.

[3catsanadog]

And where will they get their sin tax money if everyone quit smoking? You know they won't give up that money - everyone will have to pay a sin tax!!!!

[Gabz]

This has been an amusing interlude, but it is time for me to get back outside. I'm hoping to finish marking out the field before hubby gets home from work, but my daughter ran into a glitch with planting her flowers (read that as 7 year old got bored planting) and now that we've finished lunch I promised I would help.

I find it rather amusing all the anti smokers think that smokers are sedentary bums with health problems and all have sickly children. Other than the 8,000 or so square feet of turf I had turned up for me on Saturday, we do all of our tilling and planting by hand. I wouldn't even have had that work done, except the weather and mechanical problems with the hand tiller had kept us from doing it, and it is strating to get to where if I don't start getting stuff in the ground soon, I'm not going to have half the crops I want in for timely harvest.

Farming, even on a very small scale is not easy work.........of course the antis will claim that no smoker is capable of doing such physical labor..........but as usual it will be just a claim with nothing to back it up, except for all of the same tired soundbites from their controllers. They really sould meet some of my large scale farmer friends and acquaintences, all smokers and many in their 70's.

Pathetic bunch they are.!!! (the antis, not the farmers)

[Gabz]

In Pennsylvania, when kids bring home their report cards, they also bring home their weight. Schools have to weigh them and if they are overweight their parents get a cautionary letter.

The first time I were to receive such a "cautionary" letter - the school would be receiving a letter from my attorney.

I give it about 3-4 years before children who are overweight are taken from their parents arms by child protective services because their parents have been accused of abuse in allowing their children not to be healthy.

If they are already sending such letters home, it will be far less than 3-4 years, believe me.

The district I live in (in Virginia) has a "no nits" policy in regard to headlice. I know of 2 families, in just one school in the district, that were visited by child protective services last year because of excessive absences of their children from school because of the policy.

There have been no CPS visits so far this year for children attending that school...........I know this because my child is in the 2nd grade in that school and stay on top of the problem, because it is a problem in that particular school and 1 other elementary school in the district.

[R.W.Ratikal]

Also, it is a myth that so-called second hand smoke harms the health of anyone. There is no scientific or medical evidence or studies that have proved this claim.

Question: Now that fewer than 4 out of 10 Americans smoke cigarettes, why has the incidents of death from lung cancer increased (according to the CDC)?

Question: Japan has the highest per capita consumption of cigarettes in the industrial world -- and the fewest deaths from lung cancer and heart diseases? Explain.

Anyone?

[Wheee The People]

The vast majority of adults in 2005—97 percent-- recognized the dangers of exposure to secondhand smoke from parental smoking

Not here on FR. The wackjobs here assert the earth is flat and then brag about how they put their own kids at risk. Even so far as to admitting they smoked while pregnant. (Hint: it's not a conservative value to gamble with the health of your fetus)

[R.W.Ratikal]

Also, it is a myth that so-called second hand smoke harms the health of anyone. There is no scientific or medical evidence or studies that have proved this claim.

Question: Now that fewer than 4 out of 10 Americans smoke cigarettes, why has the incidents of death from lung cancer increased (according to the CDC)?

Question: Japan has the highest per capita consumption of cigarettes in the industrial world -- and the fewest deaths from lung cancer and heart diseases? Explain.

Anyone?

[AGreatPer]

Did you know that on Oldies radio stations the song "Smoking In The Boys Room" is banned?

[Mears]

Oh my God,you're saying I'm a child abuser.

Five kids,all middle aged non-smoking adults,and I find out I was a bad mother.

Six grandchildren who do lots of sleepovers at Nana's,smokey house and all. Thank God my kids and kids-in-law have good,common sense.

Thanks for the ping,SheLion.

[SheLion]

As long as you keep your windows up - don't want the driver in the car behind you to catch lung cancer from your second hand smoke now do you?

OH!  Parish the THOUGHT!  hehe!

[SheLion]

I give it about 3-4 years before children who are overweight are taken from their parents arms by child protective services because their parents have been accused of abuse in allowing their children not to be healthy.

Boy, that's ONE state department you DON'T want at your door!!!

[SheLion]

Farming, even on a very small scale is not easy work.........of course the antis will claim that no smoker is capable of doing such physical labor..........but as usual it will be just a claim with nothing to back it up, except for all of the same tired soundbites from their controllers. They really sould meet some of my large scale farmer friends and acquaintences, all smokers and many in their 70's.

Pathetic bunch they are.!!! (the antis, not the farmers)

I couldn't agree with you more.  And the anti's "I" have seen are either obese, or putrid little nerds.  They all look like they need a life!

Today is the best day we have had this season so far.  Almost 70 out there!  Beautiful!

Have fun with your garden!!!!  :)