Smoky bar triggered fatal asthma attack

Reutors ^ | updated 5:38 p.m. CT, Fri., Feb. 8, 2008

[justkillingtime]

A woman in her late teens died from an acute asthma attack triggered by secondhand cigarette smoke shortly after arriving at her job as a waitress in a bar in Michigan, researchers reported on Friday.

[justkillingtime]

Have at it freepers!

[Farmer Dean]

The smoke Gestapo will use this one incident to justify their actions.

[Freedom Dignity n Honor]

Oh come on! If her asthma was that bad why was she working out where she knew smoke was sure to be? Also, if her asthma was that bad and she cared about it she’d have been taking preventative medications plus have her emergency inhaler.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Smoky bar triggered fatal asthma attack

"Awwwwwwwww... dude! I always end up getting blamed for everything!"

[duckman]

“He said a smoking ban could prevent future deaths.”
Without being to insensitive, how about carrying your inhaler, or maybe looking for another line of work? Go ahead and flame me.

[oh8eleven]

Rosenman said the woman had asthma since age 2. Her asthma was poorly controlled. She had made four visits to her doctor in the year before her death for flare-ups, and had been treated in a hospital emergency department two to three times that year.
And yet she continued to work in a "smoky bar."

[Condor51]

[Tax-chick]

Since the drinking age is 21, what is a 19-year-old (at most) doing working in a bar?

[G.Mason]

Obviously something needs banning.

You would think after all that hard work and money spent on earning her waitress degree that the university of higher education she attended will refund some of the fees to someone in need.

R.I.P.

[mefistofelerevised]

Lol!

[basil]

First of all condolences to the family of the young lady

Secondly, I want to know exactly what proof is presented that "second-hand smoke" caused this death. Did they find actual "second-hand smoke" in the lungs or lung tissue? How does one make the definitive diagnosis that "second hand smoke" has caused a death.

Last, but not least, why was this young lady putting herself in an enviornment like that if she were that sensitive to "second hand smoke"? This could not have been the first time that she had encountered it.

Sorry--but I just don't buy it.

[WV Mountain Mama]

Well, to point out the flaw in your logic, that would mean that people are responsible for their own wellbeing and actions. Nothing scares politicians more than people who can think for and take care of themselves.

[Uncle Ike]

” Smoky bar triggered fatal asthma attack “

Remember that the anti-smokers pioneered a lot of the “blame-everyting-on” tactics that the GW herd uses to such great effect.....

Waiting for headline that reads “Mass Transit Bus Fumes Triggered Fatal Asthma Attack”

Waiting....

Waiting.....

[Sender]

I don't have asthma, and yet I can't spend much time inside a smoky bar. I have to get some fresh air. Personally, I wouldn't work in a smoky bar.

If I had severe asthma, I sure as heck wouldn't get a job in a smoky bar. The young lady decided poorly. And now politicians will try and ban smoking. *sigh*

[Chode]

and the PROOF smoke caused the attack is...???

[steve8714]

It’s Bush’s fault.

[callisto]

Although she had prescriptions for an assortment of drugs to prevent and treat asthma attacks, she was reported to only use them when she was having breathing difficulty. On the evening of her death, she had no inhaler with her. "

Anyone with a comparable history of asthma would not
a) conciously place themselves in an environment that may potentially trigger an asthma attack,
b) leave home without an albuterol inhaler in case of any emergency attack,
c) NOT use preventative medications, especially since they are so prevalent nowasdays

And, yes, I feel qualified to make these statements as I have a history of asthma/asthmatic bronchitis. I haven't had an attack for more than one year, but everyday I carry on emergency inhaler with me.

[mewzilla]

Good question since the article states that this is the conclusion of some researcher. How about the medical examiner? What did he/she say?

[G.Mason]

"I don't have asthma, and yet I can't spend much time inside a smoky bar. I have to get some fresh air. Personally, I wouldn't work in a smoky bar ..."

Interesting.

Tell me, how do you do in "fresh" air filled with pollen?

Here, in Floriduh, the trees are pollinating to the degree my vehicle is yellow over the maroon paint job, and I washed it two days ago.

How does your genetics deal with pollen in the "fresh" air?

[xvq2er]

In Michigan, even though the drinking age is 21, one needs only be 18 to serve alcohol.