Posted on 02/05/2006 7:03:58 PM PST by elkfersupper
Hundreds of thousands of smokers will be banned from lighting up in their own homes when nurses or other health workers visit them, under controversial new rules drawn up by the nurses' professional body. The move dramatically widens the scope of the public clampdown on passive smoking - taking it from the workplace or the pub into the living room. It will trigger fresh debate over the nature of personal freedom versus public health.
(Excerpt) Read more at observer.guardian.co.uk ...
Yet another story ping.
Nurse takes my cigarette...
From my cold dead fingers
Apparently, people don't care about real health threats (pssst....that's because the smoking bans have nothing to do with public health---shhhh!).
You said, part:What about homos with AIDS passing that around?
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My guess is that anal sex with the nurses sent to your home is prohibited. I could be wrong.
I support smokers' rights, even though I am not one. But couldn't a smoker tough it out while the nurse is there? Is the addiction that strong? Yes, I know it is your home, but can't you hold out long enough to have the nurse treat you, then puff away afterwards?
That being said, how's about pairing up smoking nurses with smoking patients and letting them both smoke all they want?
It never ceases to amaze me how many smoking issues get raised on the FR threads.
"It will trigger fresh debate over the nature of personal freedom versus public health.""
what debate? Westminster can dictate your privleges and can revoke them at will.
And the reason is.....it's the most successful, widespread, well-financed, hysteria-driven attack on personal freedom and private property rights ever seen in this country (except possibly for MADD's agenda), and this is a conservative news forum.
"I support smokers' rights, even though I am not one. But couldn't a smoker tough it out while the nurse is there? Is the addiction that strong? Yes, I know it is your home, but can't you hold out long enough to have the nurse treat you, then puff away afterwards?"
The issue is that government never stops with a small move. Incrementalism is real and certain a part of this ongoing war on smoking.
Do you think they will stop with this and not try to expand it at some point? They have yet to stop on their other gains.
Nurse takes my cigarette...
From my cold dead fingers
thank you charlton.....
Well now you're just being reasonable.
Jerk. ;)
I understand the slippery slope argument, but I am not sure it applies here. This is a little different than the smoking in restaurants issue, where I believe the owner should determine if smoking is to be allowed or not, and then customers come or they don't. The nurses are required to go to these homes. What is apparently asked is that smokers not smoke while the nurses are there. Before they come or after they go, no problem. Seems pretty reasonable to me, and in keeping with most smokers' manners anyway. Alternatively, you could maintain your privacy rights and ask the nurses not to come to your home. I support freedom and property rights, but this is different, it seems to me.
You said: Well now you're just being reasonable.
Jerk. ;)
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Ouch! Why the names? Just stating my point of view....
I was joking, thus the wink.
Hopefully they will never try to pass this BS in the US.
Sorry.
Ping!
It's no business of the government.
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