The smoking debate

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Originally posted by A Black Falcon
Yeah, I thought that direct scientific proof of these things would be ignored by you, which is why I didn't spend more time on this.

DIRECT SCIENTIFIC PROOF, PROVEN IN MANY STUDIES.

I mean... what kind of proof do you WANT? That's as good as it gets!

You won't get lung cancer from an hour at a restaurant. However, if you work at one, it CAN and WILL cause lung cancer.

I still have never seen a case of lung cancer that was proven to be caused directly by exposure to secondhand smoke. That is what I asked for and you did not provide it, though you did provide studies showing that it is somewhat possible in theory. But I certainly do not see even a half-decent case for banning public smoking since the amount of secondhand smoke exposure required to theoretically cause lung cancer is much, much longer than most restaurant employees (one of the highest turnover rates) would even work at a restaurant. Even if there were the odd case of SSS-caused cancer, it would definitely be classified as anomalous and certainly not worthy of being called a major public health hazard, nor is it worthy of a public ban.

If you were honest, you'd just simply admit that the reason you want smoking banned is because it annoys you personally. You're not concerned one iota about the possible long-term health risks because you know as well as I do that they are always overstated in anti-tobacco propaganda but never actually seem to happen in real life. You just want to infringe on other people's habits because you don't approve of them.

If you were honest.