The smoking debate

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Originally posted by A Black Falcon
"may, might, and could"? NO. That is false. Passive smoke kills. How people can dispute that makes absolutely no sense.

SMOKE IS STILL SMOKE ONCE EXHALED!

Sure, its less deadly. But it still builds up. And people who DONT smoke, but live/work in very smoky environments, GET SMOKING-CAUSED CANCER. They do. It is a fact. Some of those links I gave say that... you just ignore it because it doesn't suit your interpretation of what should be done.

It happens. It just happens incredibly rarely. That is also fact. There are almost no establishments that have unrestricted smoking as it is, so exposure to secondhand smoke is already limited even in such jobs.

You claim passive smoke is a 'major public health hazard' and even by your own admission it only affects an extreme minority of people.

I know you'll never acknowledge it even if I repeat your phrase a dozen more times, but passive smoke doesn't even begin to qualify as a major public health hazard.

All that you're proving to me is that passive smoke can kill, which I already know, and that so few people die from it that it hardly warrants governmental interference. You just keep ignoring that fact and keep repeating the same bullshit anti-tobacco propaganda. Why? Besides your position based on data that doesn't apply to real life, it's the only thing that prevents you from looking like a total lunatic. You claim it kills, and you think your will should rule even though it kills about as often as lightning strikes and lottery winnings.

That it kills a minute number of people is irrelevant to me. Even if it actually killed as much as you say, it doesn't change the fact that people choose to expose themselves to smoke by working in such an environment and as you know, I don't believe people deserve governmental protection for their own decisions.