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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Where CAN you smoke then? Really.


4 posted on 02/02/2011 1:34:51 PM PST by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: swain_forkbeard

**Where CAN you smoke then? Really.**

NYC DOES have a proper smoking area... it’s called ...

NEW JERSEY!!


10 posted on 02/02/2011 1:41:11 PM PST by gwilhelm56 (NY... Can't afford to Live Here... Can't Afford to LEAVE!!)
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To: swain_forkbeard

I don’t really care if people smoke tobacco, alfalfa or huff on a tail pipe for 10 minutes every hour or so, you get the same amount of carbon monoxide. As long as they deny them medical insurance then I am fine with it as long as they don’t smoke near me.

64% of our heart surgery patients smoke vs 21% of the population. We have had about a 50% drop in heart procedures in the past 2 decades which coincides almost perfectly with the drop in smokers from 42% to 21%. I can not find any strong statistical relationship between cholesterol and/or statins with the decline in heart procedures, but the change in smoking habits is a very good predictor of having a heart surgeon in your future.

So if you smoke, fine, I just don’t want to personally pay higher premiums because you and the junkies in Central Park need a carbon monoxide fix followed by a half million dollars of medical care.


20 posted on 02/02/2011 2:22:09 PM PST by TxDas (This above all, to thine ownself be true.)
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To: swain_forkbeard

My house.


32 posted on 02/02/2011 4:15:16 PM PST by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
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