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Come on people, the very future of the planet is at stake here. You light up, it could be TEOTWAWKI!
If it's so damn dangerous why don't they outlaw it?
A federal court already told the AG's office and EPA once before that picking the parts they like from questionable "studies", and ignoring the parts they don't like constitutes fraud.
It's certainly not science!
Where did the UN WHO study go?
The one rare, long-term, multithousand person second-hand smoke truly scientific study...
NANNY STATE PING.....................
Jacob Sullum once again NAILS it!!!!!
Dr. Michael Siegel and I have very differing views regarding smoker bans, however, to give credit where credit is due, the good doctor has openned his eyes to the true evil that constitutes the smoker control industry. (although he still insists on calling it tobacco control)
I am really tired of this issue. The hell with it.
How many people die of second-hand AIDS?
The DOD has just announced that they are dismantling their nuclear program in favor of the development of the innovative second-hand-smoke bomb.
The new bomb, developed by DARPA in the late 90's, was financed by the revenue generated from the numberous tobacco settlements.
An anonymous Pentagon official stated, "According to all of the data gathered from these lawsuits, second-hand-smoke is the deadliest stuff on the planet. It would be a disservice to national defense not to weaponize it."
It amazes me that any of us are even here today. If second hand smoke is so bad then we all should have died years ago when cigarettes weren't filtered and more people were smoking. In fact the only place smoking wasn't allowed was in church, but as soon as the sermon was over with they were lighting up on the steps outside.
That's ridiculous. If secondhand smoke were highly likely to kill or seriously injure anyone exposed to it, the government would have a legitimate reason to regulate or prohibit it (just as it legitimately regulates or prohibits drunk driving, toxic-waste dumping, etc).
The issue rests entirely on whether or not there is, in fact, any real likelihood of direct harm to nonconsenting bystanders.
In an act of desperation, the issue has now sunk to fearmongering and scare tactics.
If anyone is blowing smoke, it's the Surgeon General.
It's lies. This guy should be drummed out. Exiled to some island with nobody but Bloomberg on it. Let those idiots live together in smoke free bliss away from the rest of us who actually respect property rights.
Yes, smoking is good for you. The more you smoke (or breathe in other's smoke, the better off youll be! honest!) /s