To: MEGoody
I'm not worried about the slippery slope. Regulating smoking unfortunately is necessary.
30 posted on
08/14/2006 8:03:58 AM PDT by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Moonman62
I'm not worried about the slippery slope.We know, even though you should be.
37 posted on
08/14/2006 8:10:27 AM PDT by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Moonman62
Regulating smoking unfortunately is necessary.Why?
40 posted on
08/14/2006 8:15:02 AM PDT by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: Moonman62
49 posted on
08/14/2006 8:22:13 AM PDT by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: Moonman62
"Regulating smoking unfortunately is necessary."
Says the enemies of individual liberty, private property and personal responsibility.
55 posted on
08/14/2006 8:35:42 AM PDT by
CSM
("The fatter we get as a country the more concerned we get about smoking" - ichabod1)
To: Moonman62
This is not about smoking around kids, this is about when is it over the line when the state dictates to you what you can and cannot do in and around your own property. The last I heard cigarettes are a legal substance. Thank God I am leaving this once beautiful state of California. I am out of here!!! I cannot take it anymore. This is a slippery slope. What is next I wonder?
84 posted on
08/14/2006 10:54:01 AM PDT by
mzbzybee
(why should I press one to speak english?)
To: Moonman62
I'm not worried about the slippery slope. No, of course you aren't!
91 posted on
08/14/2006 11:09:29 AM PDT by
Just A Nobody
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To: Moonman62
Americans are not experiencing the "epidemic of tobacco related disease and death" the anti-smokers claim. If that were true, why would annual death rates decrease in the U.S. as cigarette sales rates increase?
-----------------------------------------Cigarette
Census ------------ Death by---Death--Sales per
Year -- Population--All Cause--Rate%---Billion
1900 -- 75,994,600..1,307,107 - 1.72 ... 2.5
1910 -- 91,972,260..1,351,992 - 1.47 ... 8.6
1920 - 105,710,600..1,374,358 - 1.30 .. 44.6
1930 - 122,775,100..1,387,358 - 1.13 . 119.3
1940 - 131,669,300..1,422,028 - 1.08 . 181.9
1950 - 150,697,400..1,446,695 - 0.96 . 369.8
1960 - 179,323,200..1,703,570 - 0.95 . 484.4
1970 - 203,302,000..1,921,031 - 0.94 . 536.5
1980 - 226,545,800..1,989,841 - 0.88 . 631.5
1990 - 248,709,900..2,162,000 - 0.87 . 525.0
Don't believe the lies!
112 posted on
08/14/2006 12:15:33 PM PDT by
Just A Nobody
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To: Moonman62
I'm not worried about the slippery slope. Regulating smoking unfortunately is necessary.
I'm happy you're not worried about the slippery slope. The same public safety concerns used against smoking will also be used against religion.
In fact, the first salvo has already been fired:
"Religious belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide", according to research published today in the Journal of Religion and Society.
According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.
This won't end with smoking.
.
122 posted on
08/14/2006 12:46:31 PM PDT by
mugs99
(Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
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