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that the products of combustion from most fires are not as lethal as cigarette smoke.

Oh that's a crock!

How many guys at your station are obese? I think you would much rather work with a smoker then some fireman who is obese. You know yourself that you have to put on 2 men to cover the obese fireman! They can't breath from being so overweight, and trying to pull a hose around is unbearable for them. Most smokers are young and fit and can run circles around someone who is obese. Tell me this isn't true.

One of our firemen, assistant chief, just got busted for drugs. He admitted using drugs while on duty. He was suspended but the liberals are fighting to have him reinstated. Other firemen came forward (in his behalf) stating they had a similar problem at one time or other. The tenured fellow caused his own problems, yet he is blaming society. The cig censors are more concerned with us than they are with themselves.

"Most smokers are young and fit... "

Uh - yeah right. I think all of the cigarette smoke has gone to your brains. In my experience, most of the smokers I know are usually overweight because they obviously don't care about their health. I wish more smokers tried to run - more people for me to beat in races. Next you people will be saying smoking is good for your health.

Smoking is a vice, an addiction. If you want to do it, go ahead, just don't do it around me or others that don't want to breath your polluted air. My position is the conservative position because I want to be left alone and not interfered with by YOUR ACTIONS. All this "smoker's rights" talk is very liberal: creating new privileges where there should be none. Why don't you guys get together with sharpton, jackson, the gays, et al; they are the ones that want special rights. Us non-smokers just want to be left alone and not exposed to the products of your vice.

And yes, I worked a good bit of motor vehicle accidents caused by drunks. Drunk driving is evil, and illegal - I always wanted to beat the crap out of the drunks because they usually escaped with injuries more minor than their victims. But that whole issue is a red herring in this case because we are discussing smoking and how wonderful it is for your health.