Texas, San Antonio to be Anti Smoking Battlegrounds

WOAI.COM ^ | 12/17/02 | n/a

[Mark]

Dr. John Nava of the Bexar County Metropolitan Health District compared smoking cigarettes with carrying a loaded gun in public.

"You have no right to place the lives of others in danger," he said.

Oh don't worry- we'll get the guns next.(/lib spin)

[Mark]

It never ends.

[Mears]

Here we go again!!!! This is why I always vacation in Europe !

[per loin]

No wonder Texas is so full of porkers. Four of the eight "most overweight" cities in the USA are in Texas. Here's the list:

1. Houston
2. Chicago
3. Detroit
4. Philadelphia
5. Dallas
6. Columbus, Ohio
7. San Antonio
8. Fort Worth

[Texbob]

I am an ex smoker for over 6 years now, but, I am against little old ladies or over bearing Dr.'s telling people what they can't do. This area is too conservative to put up with politicians who would try this. It will go down in flames. Watch out McDonalds, they are coming after you next.

[Mark]

"Now that we have proven solutions....

Like in FINAL solution?

[dtel]

If the anti tobacco nazis have their way in ole San Antone, stick a fork in it, it is a done deal.
Viva la Alamo.

[Mark]

I quit a month and a half ago after 40 years, but the elite feel that they can violate rights because so few smoke and vote.

I always wonder if they will figure out how few are the numbers of voters who are also JEWISH. Getting the minorities(voter-wise) is always the answer, especially when they want more revenue-- $10.00 more per carton in this article alone.

[Reb Raider]

Help someone! There was an article about a month ago--around the time Peggy Noonan wrote the article about how uncivil non smokers had become to smokers. It said the World Health Organization did a 12 site study on second hand smoke and the results were that it didn't cause increased chances of lung cancer in non smoking mates or children or cause asthma in children. I am not saying second hand smoke smells good, but I would like for the study they paid for to be released--I think it was the largest study they had undertaken on this subject.

They are wringing their hands about what to do with the study because releasing it will hurt "the Cause". I believe the article was written overseas, but I could be mistaken. It was a very long and detailed article, but I don't know how to search correctly to find it--I tried for an hour and just got frustrated.

[Texbob]

I am saying they will not get their way. (anti smoker nazis)

[weegee]

"You have no right to place the lives of others in danger," he said.

Maybe the state of Texas should crack down on all of the nurses who are getting "easy to fill" prescriptions of Xanix.

Oh, that wasn't the kind of "putting lives in jeopardy" that these medical professionals were talking about.

Attack one person's vice while harboring their own.

[weegee]

"overwight" cities were determined by such criteria as number of sporting goods stores, number of chain eateries, number of health clubs, local landscape (mountain climbing opportunities, rowing opportunities, etc.).

They would have done just as well to get the driver's license data for the area and compare height to weight (along with age/sex).

[SheLion]

"Second hand smoke is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States," San Antonio Emergency Medical Services director Dr. Don Gordon said. "It is responsible for 56,000 innocent deaths per year."

American Cancer Society Admits "Mistake" in Ad
53,000 deaths caused from second hand smoke?

American Cancer Society Admits "Mistake" in Ad

See how they lie? This guy said "56,000" deaths, and the AMA admits they LIED about the 53,000. The anti's sure are disgusting.

[Mark]

Putting their lives in danger in what, maybe 50-70 years? VS McDonalds within 2 or 3 years? Where is the most cost effective target?

[Mark]

Did that answer post#9?

[maxwell]

San Antonio would join Boston among major cities with the country's toughest smoking control laws

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! I am trying to get my happy a$$ hired in San Antonio! AAAUUUUUUGGGGGGGRRRRRHHHHHHHH

[SheLion]

"Working in the service industry does not force you to give up breathing clean air," he said.

LETTER: Top of the list
Source: New York Daily News, 2002-12-16
Author: Thomas Lent

Intro: People who work in bars make very little in salary, and rely on tips. The reduction in business from the smoking ban will result in a reduction in their wages. Their priority is to make a living. If their priority was to avoid secondhand smoke, they wouldn't have taken bar jobs in the first place.

[SheLion]

TEXAS SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECONOMY - 2001

[Mark]

I see liberals everywhere.

[maxwell]

I see liberals everywhere.

Well you ain't lookin' in MY direction then, because I am one p!ssed off smokin' conservative. First Dallas... Anybody know how that meddling wench of a mayor is gettin' along with her butt-stomping crusade? Last I heard there was a push to ban smoking in all public places or something like that...