elvis
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quote: Originally posted by Rip
Sorry but this is not a "health" issue. Smoking outside is NOT a health hazzard for anyone except the smoker.
Second hand smoke is greatly, greatly exaggerated. The last study I saw had them try and see how the spouses of smokers fared. There was NO increase in cancer/lung diseases in the spouse of smokers than in non smokers of the same age. Whoops, not the conclusion they were searching for. Asthmtaics do have sometimes severe response to smoke, that is fact, but they also have these responses to cut grass, perfume, etc etc. It's a reactionary disease of the lung causing it to react to many fumes and smoking is just another one of those things.
Again, I don't smoke, I can't stand the smell of it, but I don't support trampling the rights of the smokers, especially when done in a blatant lie (health concerns), and that's exactly what this is, trampling the rights of one group.
Rip, in your proffesional opinion, would it be safe to say that outlawing shaking hands at autumn oaks would be a greater benefit to everyones health, than to outlaw smoking outdoors?
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