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To: SheLion
You people are a bunch of cry babies. Chill out!

What's so bad about warning skulls full of mush about the dangers smoking and second hand smoking present. I work in the health field, I see it everyday. People who smoke generally die young and have a lesser quality of life.

If you want to smoke-- great. I could care less. But don't knock a guy for getting out a message of truth.

You all seem to be condemming him in an effort justify your habit.

I say great job! Get the message out! If people are too stupid to listen, that's their own problem.

By the way-- he's not necessarily hurting business at any establishment. The women interviewed said business was going great since she implemented the non-smoking policy.
19 posted on 07/17/2002 11:22:07 AM PDT by kailbo
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To: kailbo
generally die young and have a lesser quality of life.

Verrry interesting. Can't wait to tell Bubba that we have a "lesser quality of life."

And how old does one have to be before they are eligible to die, in your honest opinion.

21 posted on 07/17/2002 11:28:34 AM PDT by SheLion
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To: kailbo
I say great job! Get the message out! If people are too stupid to listen, that's their own problem.

Here's my message!

Don't in the same breath pretend you couldn't care less and then call people stupid!

Here's another message!

Who cares if you work in the health care field and see stuff!

Try reading a little history!

Here's another message!

I think you're stupid!

And I don't even have to work in the "health field" to figure that out!

22 posted on 07/17/2002 11:30:26 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: kailbo
What's so bad about warning skulls full of mush about the dangers smoking and second hand smoking present. I work in the health field, I see it everyday. People who smoke generally die young and have a lesser quality of life.

If you want to smoke-- great. I could care less. But don't knock a guy for getting out a message of truth.

If that was all that was happening we wouldn't knock it.
However, ETS, second hand smoke, does NOT cause asthma as was implied in the article. ETS has not been proven to cause any type of harm to anyone that doesn't have a pre-existing medical condition that would prohibit them from being around ANY type of smoke.
We who post frequently on this type of article have not said that smoking, first hand smoke, is not bad for some people, just that there is a choice to be made and we don't want the nanny state making it for us. EVERYTHING has risk from the time you are born to the time you die. We want to be able to choose the risks we want to take.
If you can point us to the study, that has not been refuted or cherry picked, that says that ETS kills please do so and we will either take you at your words or debate you.
Please do not insult our intelligence with things we already know or anecdotal evidence.

32 posted on 07/17/2002 11:59:17 AM PDT by Just another Joe
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To: kailbo
Re: Post 19

I agree with you. I guess some here would rather see Green stick to being arrested for DUI, drug charges or sex crimes, etc. That is more in character for a rich, pampered black athlete, no?.

I, a smoker, have no problem with his actions.

48 posted on 07/17/2002 1:15:18 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: kailbo
People who smoke generally die young!

What a bunch of BS!
My Father smoked and lived to 83, was healthy as a bull and DIDN'T die from smoking!

Blow it out your blow hole!

93 posted on 07/17/2002 3:36:13 PM PDT by rockfish59
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