Sergeant Major, with all due respect -- your comment epitomizes my posting....to the letter.
Here's personal proof:
I watched my Grandpa smoke himself to death and die of lung cancer that ate away at him so badly that it jumped right up to his brain. Doctors told him years ago that he had better stop smoking or he was going to die early. His response was (paraphrasing) : "Let's see you provide one ounce of proof of the claim...." (Sound familiar?)
Guess who lived with him for 55 years - and never smoked one single cigarette? Yeah, my Grandma. Well, guess what....(I'll let you figure that out because it's hard for me to deal with right now.)
Also, I watched my best friend's mom smoke herself into near-death...and now she has quit - a day late and a dollar short. Guess what....yeah - you got it.
I do despise the liberal left. I don't have anything at all to prove to you or anyone else. They are the leeches in our society who are seeking to destroy us from within.
However, they are not the only destructive ones among us. Figure that one out for yourself as well, Sergeant Major.
I can be a pretty stubborn guy. The older I get (I'm only 39), the more dogged I become when I get something in my craw. I do, however, pride myself on having a great deal of common sense. I can accept proven fact when I see it presented in resounding clarity.
Don't confuse your own stubborn refusal to accept the same with the notion that I am the one who is wrong here. Please just do me the favor of not assuming me to be someone who is buying into some sort of propaganda because you don't agree with my stand.
Do you really and truly believe that inhaling cigarette smoke DOESN'T cause cancer? Do you REALLY?
If you actually believe that, my words here are obviously wasted. And that's just a shame.....
I hope it doesn't get you too. I wouldn't wish that kind of slow, agonizing death on anyone.
This isn't about smoking, this is about ETS and a judge going beyond what they should because the husband wants to get back at an ex.
"Do you really and truly believe that inhaling cigarette smoke DOESN'T cause cancer? Do you REALLY?"
Yes, but I understand the difference between causation and increasing a risk factor. If smoking caused cancer, then every smoker would get cancer and no non-smokers would get cancer. However, one must be genetically at risk for cancer prior to any outside influence causing cancer.
To sum it up for you, yes an increased risk factor is a result of smoking, but smoking does not cause cancer.
If you think that smoking is so harmful, then answer one very simple question. Why is the highest per capita smoking population in the world also the lowest per capita lung and heart disease contracting population in the world? (Hint: Diet and genetics play a much bigger role than tobacco.)
What flavor is the smoke gnatzie kool aide today?