[Bigh4u2]

“Why not keep smoking at home where it belongs”

Well, I don’t like the smell of perfume, so let’s make a law banning perfume in public places and KEEP PERFUME AT HOME WHERE IT BELONGS!.

And believe me, I’ve seen people who are very unreasonable when it comes to ANY SMELL that bothers them. Whether it be smoke, perfume or even some cooking odors.

If you don’t like smoke then it’s very simple.

AVOID BEING AROUND SMOKERS.

YOUR RIGHT to not smell smoke doesn’t outweigh THEIR RIGHT to smoke where ever they choose or are ‘allowed’ in the case of the nanny government.

If it’s not smoking, it’s going to be something else someone doesn’t like and wants banned.

And you may be right about smoking ‘killing’ people.

But it’s the SMOKERS that are dying, NOT people breathing second hand smoke.

You couldn’t get enough tar in your lungs from someone else’s cigarette smoke unless you were in a room with no windows and doors 24 hours a day.

The ‘second hand smoke kills’ argument is a specious one and totally unproven.

Even the WHO (World Health Organization) said just the opposite.

One of the ‘emergency’ remedies for people with asthma is to give them one or two drags on a cigarette.

Seems foolish doesn’t it?

Why would that work? Because cigarettes contain NICOTINE which is a drug that opens the pores in your lungs and allows you to breath better.

The problem with smokers, and why eventually they may have lung problems is because of the TAR in the cigarettes and the HEAT generated.

Tar will build up over time and will ‘plug’ the pores in your lungs and damage the bacilli (little hairs) and can cause scarring of the lung tissue.

The effect is reversible by quitting smoking. Over time your lungs will heal themselves provided you have not let the condition go beyond the point of no return.

In most cases, healing will happen within a year of quitting.

Since you are not smoking but merely breathing second hand smoke for a relatively short time, your lungs will not even know the difference.

I sense your argument is not the ‘effects’ on second hand smoke but the ‘annoyance’ that you feel by smelling it.

There are a lot of annoying habits people have, but to say they must ‘keep it at home where it belongs’ is nothing more than selfishness and a ‘my rights are more important than your rights’ statement.

All I can say is.

GET OVER YOURSELF.

[Just A Nobody]

Well done!

[ebersole]

Excellent. Let the owners, who pay the rent, decide what type of clientele they would like in their establishments. Those supporting this “current” ban, ie smoking, won’t be so happy when something they do or something they are becomes the next “current” ban.

[gridlock]

And you may be right about smoking ‘killing’ people. But it’s the SMOKERS that are dying, NOT people breathing second hand smoke. You couldn’t get enough tar in your lungs from someone else’s cigarette smoke unless you were in a room with no windows and doors 24 hours a day.

You are right on that point. The "science" behind declaring second hand smoke a Class A Carcinogen is even more specious that the "science" behind Global Warming.

[JamesP81]

There are a lot of annoying habits people have, but to say they must ‘keep it at home where it belongs’ is nothing more than selfishness and a ‘my rights are more important than your rights’ statement.

And here's the problem some people have with free societies. If you're society truly is a free one, it is guaranteed that some people are going to do things that you don't like. You either have to live with that, or chuck the free society. I know what my choice is.

[elkfersupper]

Lord love a duck.

Excellent post.