nanny state ping
I think that these bans will be going away as more and more people start smoking “happy smoke” in public.
I’m surprised that NPR had this guy on the air.
Yeah but it’s fun as heck to torture the smokies. Get’s their knickers all in a twist.
STDs are one of the most critical health challenges facing the nation today. CDC estimates that there are 19 million new infections every year in the United States.
Your move Bayer.
I wonder what he thinks about homosexual behavior?
Every age and every society needs its ni**ers. Today it’s smokers. Tomorrow? Who knows.
OTOH, I agree the bans have gone way beyond what is needed to do that.
Next thing ya know, they’ll be raising the taxes on cigarettes...again! (Not sure if I’m being sarcastic or not)
The evidence is quite clear: Smokers live well into their 70s . . . male homosexuals live, on the average, 20+ years less. Dare we tell the male homosexual that their behavior is disgusting, unhealthy, and perverted? Of course not . . . it’s not politically correct.
Smokers are easy targets because there’re so many of them, and it’s obvious who is a smoker when they light up.
Nanny state, perhaps, but where’s the nanny to tell the male homosexuals to stop their horrible behavior? It don’t exist!
Nobody wants to smell your disgusting smoldering garbage.
It’s worse than farting in a crowded elevator.
As a former FL resident, I beg to differ regarding the cigarette butts left on Naples’ beaches. While I will grant the Professor the point on the dangers to wildlife, it sure wasn’t too appealing to have your sandy beach area be full of butts. It’s a beach, not an ashtray. If you want to smoke, it’s outside, so smoke. But just like littering when camping - clean up after yourself. I didn’t leave beer cans or food wrappers behind for the smoker to clean up. Be polite and clean up your detritus.
Wow.
They actually admit it.
The smoking wars are over. Deal with it.
There were lots of experiments in people control going on at the time the “Surgeon General’s Report” was released. My feeling is it was an effort to determine whether Americans could be controlled into giving up their most common and widespread habit. If they could be controlled into doing that, they could be controlled into doing anything.
I guess as long as your smoke is politically correct, you're good.
Well, if they’re going to ban smoking on the beaches (where there is usually a lot of air and breezes to diffuse the smoke) for health reasons, then they sure as hell ought to ban laying out on the beach in order to prevent skin cancer, which is continuing to rise. Either no one on the beaches or everyone has to wear long pants and long shirts and a wide-brimmed hat and sit under an umbrella.
Even the best sunblocks allow 3% or so of the sun to reach the skin. Over 6-8 hours of lying on the beach with a UV Index of 10 or greater, you are setting yourself up for a nasty skin condition a few years down the road.
Is it just me or did the author never get back to the full explanation of why the students were pro legalization of drugs but still anti cigarette?