I will admit, I’m glad smoking has been banned in bars/nightclubs in our state. It is so nice to go in now and not be in an enclosed area choking on second-hand smoke, which, by the way, increases even non smokers’ risk for lung cancer. I definitely feel it should be banned on airflights and any enclosed areas. Smoking CAUSES cancer. It’s not just an association ...it’s a cause.
As a nurse, I see everyday what smoking does to people — and many of those people are hospitalized on your and MY dime for the sequelae of heavy lifetime smoking. It’s really not a healthy habit. I’m for freedom — but your rights end where mine begin kind of thing. I prefer not to succumb to lung cancer and/or COPD if I don’t have to. I’ve already got bad lungs just from growing up around my Dad who smoked like a fiend and died at 63 due to small cell lung cancer — a cancer heavily associated with cigarette smoking.
This is the one issue I’m with liberals on. The ONLY one.
Sorry for the double post.
Easy fix. Don't go to smoke-filled restaurants. It's not your property. If you don't like what they're doing on their own property, go buy your own place or go to a place that offers what you want. Oh wait. You're forcing your choices on everyone else by force of law.
Smoking CAUSES cancer. It’s not just an association ...it’s a cause.
Another easy fix. Don't smoke.
As a nurse, I see everyday what smoking does to people — and many of those people are hospitalized on your and MY dime for the sequelae of heavy lifetime smoking.
Easy fix. Stop paying for their hospital bills.
If we followed that rule, people get the right to make decisions for themselves and pay the full consequence for their own poor decisions. It's called freedom. It's an idea that's been around for a while.