Posted on 07/09/2006 10:11:30 AM PDT by SheLion
Good post, She Lion!
BTTT!
THANK YOU!!!
And the moron brigade is passing LAWS because of this jackass!
Seriesly?
Physicians and lawyers are in competition to see who becomes the elite class of the new dark age.
Nanny Statist Smackdown PING!!!!!
It's not the facts.
It's the headlines.
Businesses have lost money since the nine-day-old Colorado smoking ban took effect!
better question yet...is just WHO the surgeon general is working for.....
I recognize that, as a smoker, you have a much greater risk of acquiring a number of conditions that a non-smoker has a much lower risk of. But smokers are breathing in the carcinogens at a much greater concentration for a much longer time period than the people they live with, let alone those of us who occasionally eat with them in a restaurant.
Consider the following statistics from ASH (Action on Smoking and Health):
Time since quitting |
Beneficial health changes that take place |
20 minutes |
Blood pressure and pulse rate return to normal. |
8 hours |
Nicotine and carbon monoxide levels in blood reduce by half, oxygen levels return to normal. |
24 hours |
Carbon monoxide will be eliminated from the body. |
48 hours |
There is no nicotine left in the body. |
72 hours |
Breathing becomes easier. |
2 - 12 weeks |
Circulation improves. |
3 - 9 months |
Coughs, wheezing and breathing problems improve as lung function is increased by up to 10%. |
1 year |
Risk of a heart attack falls to about half that of a smoker. |
10 years |
Risk of lung cancer falls to half that of a smoker. |
15 years |
Risk of heart attack falls to the same as someone who has never smoked. |
If this is correct for smokers, what are the timelines like for people that don't inhale directly from cigarettes multiple times a day?
I can buy the fact that prolonged exposure in enclosed spaces can pose health risks (to some extent) for non-smoking family members, but come on! The level of non-smoking deaths we've been quoted don't pass the smell test at all.
I'm not a doctor. In fact, I have no medical aptitude whatsoever. I do know a behavior-modification con-job when I smell one, though.
Thank you! I'm tired of these people in zoot suits trying to make life more miserable for legal smokers of a legal commodity!
Yep! And I don't even think this idiot is a real DOCTOR for heaven's sake!
Physicians and lawyers are in competition to see who becomes the elite class of the new dark age.
They are making it DARK alright! And we all know they won't stop at smokers! They are already into our food and jumping on parents for having obese kids. Yes, very dark days ahead indeed.
Me too, and I enjoy your pings, but I don't often comment on those threads because I would come off sounding like a broken record.
LOL.
That's all I have been reading of late. How the smoking ban is affecting businesses and forcing the business owners to lay off, cut back and even close.
Hugh...just hugh...
He works out of the White House. He was appointed by the President. Not sure if he is a Clintoon hang over or not. But he was appointed by the President and sits on his council.
No one has even HEARD of this idiot until he jumped on the second hand smoke bandwagon!
In phase II of this con job, local governments all over the place will cite his finding as the basis for promulgating new rules, thus accomplishing the same effect - further restrictions on smokers.
This is a planned strategy, IMHO. And the blatant dishonesty makes me ill.
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