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Allegheny County Housing Authority bans smoking in 5 apartment buildings
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| Oct 3rd '14
| Aaron Aupperlee
Posted on 10/04/2014 3:46:52 PM PDT by Drango
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What about cooking bacon?
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:09:19 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: 2111USMC
What was his quality of life living with emphysema?
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:09:33 PM PDT
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: Califreak
It's been 9 months for me now. I'm still in a pissy mood.
The doctors harassed me after my heart attack last December (even though smoking had nothing to do with it). The only reason I quit is because my wife wanted to also quit.
Without a doubt, I definitely felt better and more healthy when I was smoking. I smoked a pack a day for 42 years. My lungs are spotless.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:09:35 PM PDT
by
2111USMC
(Aim Small Miss Small)
To: Drango
OK, don’t smoke — chew.
And then there is the issue of spitting on the walls...
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:10:45 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(/s /s /s /s /s, my replies are "liberally" sprinkled with them behind every word and letter.!)
To: 2111USMC
The doctors harassed me after my heart attack last December (even though smoking had nothing to do with it) Sure. It was genetics, bad luck or sunspots. Smoking had nothing to do with it.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:12:16 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Gene Eric
Or space heaters and candles.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:14:08 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: Drango
The big problem has been the fires. It’s very costly to have to relocate tenants and clean up the mess.
If I’m not mistaken, one of the fires was fatal. Woman was smoking while on oxygen. Some people just don’t think. So the government has to do it for them.
To: fatnotlazy
As has been pointed out,more fires are caused by cooking, candles and space heaters.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:16:30 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: Brother Cracker
It was actually fairly good. His breathing problems weren’t real bad until about the last few months. He had moved to dryer climes in southern California the last year or two of his life. That helped him with his breathing.
He was not only a heavy smoker, but he was also a full blown alcoholic. I guess nobody told him he was supposed to die young.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:17:03 PM PDT
by
2111USMC
(Aim Small Miss Small)
To: mylife
A good point — I had not considered that in my response. But it is in fact another instance of the same problem: there is no doubt that the state is paying for his medical care as well, so I say that the health care subsidy on one hand and confiscatory taxes on cigarettes on the other hand is at least somewhat balanced — until the better balance of zero subsidies and zero nanny-state taxes can be reached.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:20:55 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
To: mylife
These are old folks on subsidy.
Yep, but I particularly liked this part:
Dr. Karen Hacker, director of the county health department, said the smoke-free policy will help address obesity and encourage physical activity, according to a statement Friday announcing the housing authority had joined the county's Live Well Allegheny campaign.
Now in winter they can all slip and fall on the ice. Off to the nursing home.
These senior citizen housing units are paid for by the Pennsylvania Lottery.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:21:39 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
To: mylife
Isn’t PA raising cigarette taxes to support the Teacher’s union? Governments make a lot of money off of smokers and gamblers, mostly transferred from the poor and dumb to the richer bureaucrats and public employee unions.
And smokers save the govt. money by often dying before they get Alzheimers and more costly diseases, and before they receive a lot from Social Security and Medicare. Thank a smoker that your taxes aren’t even higher.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:24:01 PM PDT
by
Rainier1789
(My Constitution has a 2nd and 10th Amendment)
To: Drango
My own personal physician admitted that there wasn't any evidence that smoking had anything to do with the blockage in my artery. He just said I should quit anyway.
So I take it you're a tobacco nazi, eh?
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:24:08 PM PDT
by
2111USMC
(Aim Small Miss Small)
To: 2111USMC
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:24:31 PM PDT
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: PA Engineer
These senior citizen housing units are paid for by the Pennsylvania Lottery. At $400 a month the residents aren't paying for 'em.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:24:42 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: jiggyboy
Despite all the lies NONE of Tobacco tax goes toward smokers healthcare.
It pays for SCHIP.
Let the people with children pay that farking tax.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:27:06 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: 2111USMC
So I take it you're a tobacco nazi, I don't mind being called a nazi by those who pimp death or addiction.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:27:15 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: PA Engineer
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:27:49 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: Drango
This thread should have come with a:
** Sanctimonious Nanny-Wannabe Warning **
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:28:08 PM PDT
by
tomkat
To: PAR35
Exaggerate much? Assuming two packs a day and five bucks per pack, he’d save about $300 per month and could afford a luxurious $700 per month apartment.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:28:13 PM PDT
by
Bob
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