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To: rktman
Majority of US Smokers Feel Discriminated Against, Poll Says

Secondhand smoke is a killer and wreaks havoc on the health of innocent bystanders, so YES, they are discriminated against and they deserve it!

2 posted on 07/18/2017 7:57:30 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Imagine if the RINOs and socialist dems were working for the good of The Country!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

I wonder how you’ll feel when some Muslim moves in next-door and makes that same argument when you’re grilling hot dogs in the back yard?


4 posted on 07/18/2017 8:00:26 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: The Sons of Liberty

I thought so too, but I actually has a thoracic surgeon admit second hand smoke deaths were not backed up with science. As a group of about 200.. wow we’re in collective shock over the data he cited to back that up.
He then further wowed us by talking about the deadly lung cancers of folks who neither smoked, nor has exposure to second hand smoke.
I always thought smoking increased the size of tumor.. he didn’t speak about that.


7 posted on 07/18/2017 8:01:54 AM PDT by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
"Liberty"...


11 posted on 07/18/2017 8:04:13 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Peer reviewed studies on 2nd hand?


27 posted on 07/18/2017 8:25:29 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

> Secondhand smoke is a killer

It actually isn’t but don’t let that stop your moral crusade.


30 posted on 07/18/2017 8:27:59 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Second-hand smoke being a killer has never been proven. Yet this is the argument used to ban privately owned businesses from allowing their customers to smoke. A restaurant or bar is private property that people do not have a right or necessity to patronize. If the owner wants to allow smoking in their establishment they should be able to. Post that it’s a smoking establishment, and if people don’t want to work there or patronize it, they can go to a non-smoking establishment. If you are truly a son of liberty, you should understand that.


32 posted on 07/18/2017 8:29:09 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Bull shit. Same people and media push smoking bans who promote global warming. My wife has mild to moderate COPD from a 45 year 2 pack a day habit which she quit cold turkey 15 years ago., I smoke a pipe, indoors, and have been doing so for 60’years. No problem for me and wife’s spirometry numbers haven’t changed a bit. And by the way her Dr. Smokes!

If a bar/restaurant wants to allow smoking then don’t go there. But these control freak bastards just can’t tolerate that,

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2017/02/secondhand_smoke_isn_t_as_bad_as_we_thought.html


38 posted on 07/18/2017 8:33:29 AM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: The Sons of Liberty
They are being discriminated for what they smoke, not because they smoke!
48 posted on 07/18/2017 8:41:53 AM PDT by Mouton (The MSM is a clear and present danger to the republic.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

“Secondhand smoke is a killer and wreaks havoc on the health of innocent bystanders, so YES, they are discriminated against and they deserve it!”

Secondhand smoke is not a killer. Your bad habit may be next.


65 posted on 07/18/2017 8:59:54 AM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Libs put feelings first and thought second.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
Secondhand smoke is a killer

You know that's not true, right? OTOH, secondhand smoke does wreak havoc on folks with asthma and other lung/sinus issues without a doubt.

71 posted on 07/18/2017 9:06:20 AM PDT by NutsOnYew (If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
"Secondhand smoke is a killer and wreaks havoc on the health of innocent bystanders, so YES, they are discriminated against and they deserve it!"

No worries. You'll be dead within the next 50 years anyway, unless of course you're one of those people who will live forever.

72 posted on 07/18/2017 9:06:38 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Feminism DESTROYED females)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

I have no problem with bans inside buildings, no problem with bans outside in areas that are close to or funnel to entrances. To ban smoking outdoors away from buildings is nonsense.

Funny thing is I hear in places marijuana is legal they want to allow marijuana smoking in pot stores, and bakeries that cater to them, some bars. So now we are at the point where people will likely be allowed to smoke pot in places where regular cigarettes have been banned for quite some time. Irony.


80 posted on 07/18/2017 9:09:23 AM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
I don't attach any morality to smoking vs non smoking...often smokers are fun people to be around...

however, just go to your local indian casino and see how the smokers behave....they could care less if they blow smoke in your face deliberately and sometimes it seems like they are deliberately obnoxious about their smoking...

88 posted on 07/18/2017 9:15:09 AM PDT by cherry
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Bull cookies. There is NO studies to prove that 2nd hand smoke cause anything more that annoyance. I’ve smoked for 55 years and am very courteous about where and when I smoke, but it is My decision to smoke, not yours.


115 posted on 07/18/2017 10:06:20 AM PDT by phil1750 (Love like you've never been hurt;Dance like nobody's watching;PRAY like it's your last prayer)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Only two posts before the first ant-smoking NAZI spews forth. Congratulations.


116 posted on 07/18/2017 10:06:41 AM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

“Secondhand smoke is a killer and wreaks havoc on the health of innocent bystanders”

Pure bullstuff.

I gave up cigarettes nearly 30 years ago. But I still don’t care if someone else smokes. Occasional “exposure” to someone else’s smoke poses no hazard.

Let’s ban perfumes. They make me sick. Give me headaches, some kinds cause instant, excruciating cluster type headaches. But people wear that crap everywhere, with no restrictions.

Have we banned peanuts yet? Some people are allergic to them.

We need to ban driving. It’s dangerous to people on bicycles, who are, by the way a hazard to pedestrians. Ban bicycles too!

Let’s ban anything I don’t like. And let’s ban anything YOU don’t like, as well. Then we will all be happy and free!


176 posted on 07/18/2017 4:35:51 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
Secondhand smoke is a killer

Well that's certainly the big lie the MSM convinced you of believing. The EPA itself was busted for perpetuating that lie, which ranks right up there with the global warming crap they want you to believe.........

The Second-Hand Smoke Charade

You don't like cigarettes, smokers or second hand smoke, I get it and I will respect your wishes.

With that being said, where is your outrage at the number one substance that has been responsible for the break up of families, domestic abuse, job losses and traffic fatalities?

It certainly isn't second hand smoke, it's ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION! So where is your personal demand to ban the sales of alcohol where non drinkers would like to congregate? Such as bars where the smokers have already been banned?

So who ultimately profited from the states wide lawsuits against the tobacco industry Sons of Liberty? It was the fricken lawyers first then the payouts to the states where the monies went into the general fund under the auspices of providing healthcare for the "victims" of the tobacco industry!

You need to change your screen name to "Sons of Tyranny" since you have no problem in supporting government control based on your own personal biases.........

The next time your Second Amendment rights come under assault, you'd better damn well hope the smokers you have demonized are firearms owners...........

207 posted on 07/19/2017 1:35:53 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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