[Lokutus]

...into my lungs?

Serious question.

These people have a death wish. That's the real reason they puff on cancersticks. So what gives them the right to blow that crap into my face in public places?

[dissimulo]

Bored and looking to stir up a bit of controversy, eh?

[0mar]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lokutus', '.')..into my lungs?

Serious question.

These people have a death wish. That's the real reason they puff on cancersticks. So what gives them the right to blow that crap into my face in public places?

[Aaron]

I can't find a credible study that links second-hand smoke to anything...

Anybody know of such?

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'y')eah aaron but I don't have to breath your pie or smoke your presents

[Specop_007]

My advice to you Lokutus is to not make out with your boyfriend while hes smoking. Wait until hes done with his cigarette first.

[seldom_seen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('0mar', 'T')hey aren't blowing it in your lungs anymore than a truck is piping exhaust into your lungs. FWIW, the auto exhaust out of most cars is as deadly as 2nd hand smoke.

[TheTurtle]

I merged Lokutus' anti-smoking thread with Aaron's anti-anti-smoking law thread, since I didn't really see the need for two "smoking sucks/no it doesn't" threads to run concurrently.

{Technically, of course, smoking DOES suck. Otherwise the smoke would never get from the cigarette down into the smoker's lungs.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'I') can't find a credible study that links second-hand smoke to anything...

Anybody know of such?

[pilferage]

Anyone have info on the impact of automobile emissions wrt personal health? Banning smoking is OK, they can do what they like, but to do this, and then let vehicle engines, some with little to no emissions control equipment, move anywhere from ~25 to ~150 liters of combustion products individually into the air, per second? That's just stupid.
Reminds me of the public's adversity to nuclear power plants, and acceptance of coal power plants...

Specifically, what would you rather do in a sealed room? Spend 6 hours with a chain smoker, or 6 hours with your running vehicle?

[TheTurtle]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pilferage', 'S')pecifically, what would you rather do in a sealed room? Spend 6 hours with a chain smoker, or 6 hours with your running vehicle?

[PenultimateManStanding]

Just how thick would the smoke be in a sealed room with a lit cigarette going for six hours? I guess it depends on how big the room is, but in a small room that could be pretty damn thick. Could you see across the room?

[basil_hayden]

It is unconstitutional to ban my exit strategy.

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')his is a small fraction of the articles on environmental tobacco smoke that have been published since 2002.

[emersonbiggins]

This is a wonderful bi-partisan nonissue, and to that extent, I heartily congratulate all those who've offered opinions. I'd like to offer my own: banning smoking in public facilities is and should definitely be illegal (you have no choice but to patron a government establishment) but everything else should be hands-off. Illogical derivation of this concept: Ban smoking in private vehicles using public roads, but only if windows are cracked or fully lowered. Embed RFID sensors on windows switches and cigarette lighters that contact local enforcing authorities when a cigarette is (presumably) lit up and transmit vehicle interior atmospheric conditions to local weather stations for further review and possible penalties.

To those that would paint this attack on smoking as an ultra-leftist microsocial engineering project, I'd like to offer up the example of the two Joes or Jacks that want to fornicate in private, but are unable to do so without the permission of those instituting puritan laws.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'T')he epidemiological evidence seems slim to non-existent.

[Aaron]

I have no problem with the idea that second hand smoke is dangerous....

per se

But I have yet to see any peer-reviewed transparent methodology to confirm this hypothesis.

Correlation is only indicative... not causative.

And that as you know, is the difference between a hypothesis & accepted theory.

It seems obvious that side-smoke would have some impact of course... but to what extent and or degree seems to remain a mystery.

There are many studies I can google which seem to draw inconclusive results from the data however.

So what's the real deal here?

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'B')ut I have yet to see any peer-reviewed transparent methodology to confirm this hypothesis.