Posted on 10/16/2010 1:03:20 AM PDT by neverdem
Secondhand driving is much more of a public health risk in NYC than secondhand smoke. Pedestrians and passengers die regularly and immediately from secondhand driving. Others are maimed for life. All vehicle traffic (including bicycles) must be banned within the city immediately.
C'mon, Mayor.
ML/NJ
I'll never forget that cold December evening around Christmas back in 2004 or 2005 -- when I was walking down a busy street in New York City and came across a soldier who had just returned from Iraq and was on his way home. He was standing there with a giant pack of his belongings, talking with a small group of people as he stood there smoking a cigarette. He had tried to go into the bar/restaurant on the corner, but wasn't allowed to smoke in there.
I just couldn't fathom how U.S. politicians could send young Americans halfway around the world to "fight for our freedom" (this is a term that even mayor Bloomberg used to use with boring regularity in reference to the military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan), only to tell them that when they come home they have to stand and shiver outside if they want to smoke a cigarette.
"War on Terror," my @ss.
So you think we should all be restricted because of some weird allergy you have? Why don't you just stay out of Central Park if it's a problem for you?
ML/NJ
New York City has cancer and Bloomie worries about the dandruff.
These article always say the “smoke has passed through the lungs”. Some of it has but the rest of it or maybe most of it, is coming right off the burning end of the cigarette. It is the same smoke that smokers crave and a huge majority of us hate it. Why should we have to breathe it? I can’t stop breathing because they want to smoke. Take it home and smoke it.
A grudge match?
Whatever the underlying cause, it's turned into a "first they came for the smokers..." matter. The Goreites are using the same tricks that the anti-smoking activists pioneered.
That's the problem right there!
In my state there is no place for people who smoke to gather -- none -- not one. WHY? Why can't there be accommodations for both sides?
It's pathetic that hubby and I have to go to Vegas where he can enjoy a cigar with his adult beverage with other like-minded adults.
Man up. You're outdoors.
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What symptoms do you experience? Do you break out in a rash, become short of breath, etc.?
Nanny State PING!
The second-hand smoke meme is nothing but a self-induced neurosis.
Why does the private business have to have a special license? A license is a tax - it's a permission slip.
Private Business owners should just post a sign - smoking allowed or no smoking allowed.
And even sign posting is pushing it, nowadays you have sign police, sign regulations and sign fees.
Same thing in my state. I always tell people if they want to eliminate smoking in their state in restaurants and bars just have me move there. EVERY state I have lived in has gotten rid of smoking after I had moved there.
(Yes, I am a smoker)
If it wasn’t for term limits, Rudy Giuliani would STILL be New York City Mayor today! Leave it to Michael Bloomberg to, eventually, get rid of term limits for New York City Mayor, after Bloomberg took over as mayor-a big mistake.
I SO agree!! The people next door have a diesel vehicle at times (I think it's a work truck), and I have to close all the doors and windows if they're idling it outside. The neighbors across the street sit and smoke on their front porch and I can't smell it.
I voted against all the smoking bans in AZ, I don't drink or smoke or go to bars but this is getting ludicrous.
This BS passed ludicrous 10-15 years ago and is now nothing short of fascism. Thank you for your vote against fascists and fascism. We freedom loving Americans appreciate you!
Wow...when did they lower the number. The last I knew they were claiming secondhand smoke killed, that magical number, 400,000 every year. IIRC, that was the same number they used for the smoking deaths.
BTW, did anyone ever obtain a copy of a death certificate citing "smoking" as the cause of death?
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