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To: Im4Starr
Second hand smoke is an urban legend pushed on the populace by Swedish style technocratic socialists to control people's behavior.
Both my parents smoke and other than some childhood asthma, my lungs developed just fine.
4 posted on 03/08/2003 12:14:56 PM PST by Commander8
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To: Commander8
Both my parents smoke

Both my parents smoked and suffered smoking related illnesses, but my mom died more from alcohol than smoke. My dad had emphysema and quit before it killed him, but he still has pnumonia related problems. Both lived to old age.

My wife and I occasionally partake, and we are told we would be 30 IQ points higher if our parents did not smoke. (OK, I'm being sarcastic). But seriously, the only reason for the whole smoking thing is lawyers were able to win large settlements by baffling juries. Smoking should be legal, and restricted only by private property owners including business employers as they see fit. No government regulation is needed here.

11 posted on 03/08/2003 12:36:46 PM PST by KC_for_Freedom
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To: Commander8; Im4Starr
other than some childhood asthma, my lungs developed just fine

I had asthma until I was 15. . . the same age I started smoking.

64 posted on 03/08/2003 5:33:25 PM PST by Flyer (|)(||)(||)(||)(||)(||)(|)
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